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Nira Stone (1938-2013) was a scholar of Armenian and Byzantine Art. Her broad and close acquaintance with the field of Armenian art history covered many fields of Armenian artistic creativity. Nira Stone made notable contributions to the study of Armenian manuscript painting, mosaics, and other forms of artistic expression. Of particular interests are her researches on this art in its historical and religious contexts, such as the study of apocryphal elements in Armenian Gospel iconography, the place of the mosaics of Jerusalem in the context of mosaics in Byzantine Palestine, and of the interplay between religious movements, such as hesychasm, and Armenian manuscript painting.

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Author:   Nira Stone ,  Michael E. Stone ,  Asya Bereznyak
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   2
Weight:   0.594kg
ISBN:  

9789004386853

ISBN 10:   9004386858
Pages:   262
Publication Date:   08 August 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements List of Images Bibliography of Nira Stone Introductory Remarks  Anna Leyloyan-Yekmalyan Introductory Remarks  Christina Maranci 1 An Illuminated Armenian Gospel Manuscript in the National and University Library, Jerusalem 2 The Kaffa Manuscript of the Lives of the Desert Fathers 3 The Peregrinatio Paphnutiana and Jerusalem MS 285 4 Notes on the Floor Mosaic from Shellal (Besor Spring) and the Mosaic Workshop near Gaza 5 Judith and Holofernes: Some Observations on the Development of the Scene in Art 6 The Relationship Between Text and Illustration 7 Apocryphal Stones in Armenian Manuscripts 8 Jerusalem as a Point of Conversion from Sin to Sainthood a Story of a Woman Pilgrim in Art 9 A Pair of Armenian Manuscript Missals in the Library of Congress 10 Narrativity in Armenian Manuscript Illustration 11 The Four Rivers that Flowed from Eden 12 The Illuminations of the Transfiguration 13 The Illumination of Non-Biblical Armenian Manuscripts 14 A Handsome Armenian Gospel Leaf 15 An Embellished Initial in a Jerusalem Document 16 Birds from Heaven in Heavenly Jerusalem Index

Reviews

'Stone's discoveries, revelations and insights have enriched our knowledge, appreciation and connection with the national treasures of the Armenian people, an accomplishment rare in scholarship.' Arthur Hagopian (https://hetq.am/en/article/109406)

Author Information

Nira Stone (b. 1938; d. 2013) studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, earning the degrees of BA, MA and PhD. Her interests focused on Armenian miniature painting, particularly on the interaction of religious ideas and iconography, typified in her well-known 1997 work The Kaffa Lives of the Desert Fathers. She also studied the illumination of stories with female heroes. Michael Edward Stone, BA (Hons,) Melbourne, PhD (Harvard), DLitt. (Melbourne), is Professor Emeritus of Armenian Studies and Comparative Religion in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published numerous academic books and articles in both fields. Asya Bereznyak, BA, MA, PhD (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), is a medievalist. She has recently completed her PhD dissertation, “Between Baptism and Faith: A New Perspective on the Christianization of Europe in the Early Middle Ages”, and currently works on a comparative study of post-Christianization identities in Eastern, Central and Western Europe.

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