Byzantine Illuminated Manuscripts of the Book of Job A Preliminary Study of the Miniature Illustrations. Its Origin and Development

Edition originale. S.Papadaki-Oekland S. Papadaki Oekland Caratteristiche del libro Rilegato Valutazione librerie (4) 2 stelle e superiore 3 stelle e superiore 4 stelle e superiore 5 stelle Cerca tra questi risultati: Autore Cerca tutti Editore/data ISBN: Titolo [Ricerca avanzata] 4 Risultati (Visualizzazione dei risultati 1 - 4) Ordinare per: Aggiunti di recente Autore A-Z Autore Z-A Prezzo crescente Prezzo decrescente Prezzo totale Titolo A-Z Titolo Z-A Valutazione librerie 1. Palaeography, Manuscript Studies & Book History (Outside a Series) Byzantine Illuminated Manuscripts of the Book of Job A Preliminary Study of the Miniature Illustrations. Its Origin and Development. S. Papadaki-Oekland Descrizione libro: Brepols Verlag. Condizione libro: Palaeography, Manuscript Studies & Book History (Outside a Series) Byzantine Illuminated Manuscripts of the Book of Job A Preliminary Study of the Miniature Illustrations. Its Origin and Development. S. Papadaki-Oekland 478 p., 127 b/w ill.+285 colour ill., 230 x 300 mm, 2009, Hardback ISBN 978-2-503-53232-5, EUR 200.00 Available English Text: of all the Old Testament Books, the Book of Job remains acutely contemporary today. Written between the 6th and 3rd c. B.C.,it deals with subjects such as the presence of evil in the world, the misery, the quest for justice, the faith, and the behavior of people when they face sudden twists and turns of life. It seems that the ancient text had been illustrated since the Early Christian period because of its fascinating novel-like narrative style. In her own study on the Book of Job, Stella Papadaki-Oekland probes into all the Byzantine illuminated manuscripts of the illustrated Greek text. The number of miniature illustrations included in these fifteen manuscripts, dating from the 9th to the 16th century, comes to more than 1800 of which 2/3 of the about 380 illustrated herein are previously unpublished manuscript images. The book is an unabridged version with minor changes of Papadaki-Oekland¿s Inaugural Dissertation at Heidelberg University (1979) and is published posthumously by her daughters, Helen-Aina and Astrid-Zoé -in homage to Byzantine Art. The fifteen Byzantine Illuminated Manuscript Illustrations of the "Book of Job" studied, illustrated and discussed are: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Rome: cod. Vat. gr. 749; cod. Vat. gr. 751; cod. Vat. gr. 1231 and cod. Vat. Pal. gr.230 - The Monastery of St. John the Theologian, Isle of Patmos: cod. Patmos 171 - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venezia: cod. Marc. gr. 538 - Monastery of St. Catherine, Sinai, Egypt: cod. Siena 3 - Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and All Palestine, Jerusalem: MS. Taphou 5 - Monastery of Vatopedi, Mount Athos: Vatopedi 590 - Monastery Magisti (Great) Lavra, Mount Athos: Lavra B100 - Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens: MS. 62 - Bodleian Library, Oxford: MS. Barocci 201 and MS. Laud gr. 86 - Bibliothegue nationale de France, Paris: MS. gr. 134 and MS. gr. 135 - National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg: MS gr. 382 (former folio of Taphou 5) The study of the Septuagint Book of Job in Byzantine tradition include comparative analysis of the interrelationship of the individual miniature cycles, their general arrangement and artistic character, the origin and development as well as its contents and significance in the literary and popular tradition. Finally, the six Comparative Tables presented at the end of the volume provide the reader for the first time a complete cross reference interrelationship between the individual 1800 images of the 15 manuscripts and "Sir Lancelot C. L. Brenton¿s" English translation of the Septuagint "Book of Job" passages. Further examples of images discussed herein of early Christian "Job" representations include: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Rome, MS.Reg.gr.1 ¿ known as the Bible of Queen Christina of Sweden; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, MS gr. 510, MS syr. 341-the Syriac Bible and MS.gr. 923- Sacra Parallela; Biblioteca Nazionale "Vittor