Drevnerusskoe iskusstvo: iskusstvo rukopisnoi knigi. Vizantiia. Drevniaia Rus’ (Medieval Russian Art: the Art of the Manuscript Book in Byzantium and Rus’)
St. Petersburg: Dmitrii Bulanin, 2004. sewn cl. This is the first edition of the prestigious series since 1983 to devote all the chapters to manuscripts. The advances in manuscript studies since that publication are evident in the work of the scholars published here; often employing new methods and findings, they cover most aspects of manuscript study and thus offer a good overview of the state of manuscript research. Subjects of articles range from the technology of paper to the stylistic analysis of manuscript illuminations; most originated in a 1998 conference at the Institute of Art History in Moscow. 480 pp., 8 1/2 x 11 ins., 149 b-&-w illus., Rus. with summaries in ENGLISH. Item #524
ISBN: 9785860073838
Price: $72.00