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Among the collections of the Gennadius Library in Athens are over 300 Greek manuscripts, ranging in date from the 13th to the 19th century. This book presents a collection of studies of various aspects of the collection written by leading paleographers, Byzantine art historians, and theologians.

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Author:   Eleni Pappa ,  Maria L. Politi
Publisher:   American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Imprint:   American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Volume:   VI
Weight:   1.203kg
ISBN:  

9789608696075

ISBN 10:   9608696070
Pages:   154
Publication Date:   31 December 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English, Greek, Modern (1453-)

Table of Contents

Preface (Maria Georgopoulou); John Gennadius and the Manuscript Collection of the Gennadius Library (Maria Politi); Illustrated Byzantine Manuscripts in the Gennadius Library (Angeliki Mitsani); Manuscripts of Orthodox Chant in the Gennadius Library (Emmanuel Giannopoulos); The Text of The Ladder in Genn. MS. 15 (Nonna Papadimitriou); Illustrated Manuscripts in the Age of the Printed Book (Olga Gratziou); Manuscript Sources for Ecclesiastical History in the Gennadius Library (Kriton Chrysochoidis); Greek and Western Scholars, Scribes, and Philologists of the 15th-19th Centuries in Manuscripts of the Gennadius Library (Eleni Pappa); Post-Byzantine Philosophical Manuscripts of the Gennadius Library (Chariton Karanasios); Another Look at the Karamanli Script as a Mode of Expression among the Orthodox of Asia Minor: Two Manuscripts of the 18th Century (Penelope Stathi); The Memorandum of 1796: A Further Reading (Spyros Asdrahas); Tracing the Presence of Ioannis Emmanouil, Comrade of Rigas Ferraios, in an 18th-Century Mathematarion (Giannis Kokkonas).

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Maria L. Politi is President of the Greek Paleographical Society. Eleni Pappa is a scholar at the Research Center for Greek and Latin Literature at the Academy of Athens.

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