Pechati Vizantiiskikh imperatorov (Byzantine Imperial Seals), 9785935722494 ; .
St. Petersburg: Herm, 2007. Sewn cl. Considered among the top two or three collections in the world, the Hermitage's Byzantine seals department has approximately 12,000 works, many deriving from collecting and research of Nikolai Likhachev and the Russian Archeological Institute in Constantinople in the latEnineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Other sources were S. G. Stroganov’s collection and the archeological expeditions at Chersonesos. Incorporating the latest research, the author revises many dates and attributions, cites a range of literature, identifies analogous works in other collections, and notes changes in materials and imagery from period to period (e.g., iconoclasm). 120 pp., 27 cm, 204 b-&-w illus., 181 color, sewn cl., Rus. with intro. in ENGLISH. Item #3724
ISBN: 9785935722494
Price: $88.00