Monastic Manuscripts from the Eastern Mediterranean (Sinai, Jerusalem, Antioch)

Production, Use, and Contexts

Contributions by Daniel Galadza Contributions by Adrian C. Pirtea Contributions by Habib Ibrahim Contributions by Grigory Kessel Contributions by Natalia Smelova Contributions by Tinatin Chronz Contributions by Mariafrancesca Sgandurra Contributions by Samuel Bauer Contributions by Lasse Løvlund Toft Contributions by Claudia Rapp Contributions by Giulia Rossetto Edited by Giulia Rossetto

Book cover: Monastic Manuscripts from the Eastern Mediterranean (Sinai, Jerusalem, Antioch)

Extent: 258 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Art & Art History, Book History, Conservation, & Museum Studies, Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies

Series: Sinai Studies in Cultural Heritage

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(September 2026)

ISBN: 9783847117520

6.34 x 9.49 inches

Price: $69.00

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New light on the Social and Cultural Role of Priests Active in the Holy Land and Sinai

This book is dedicated to monks, priests and priest-monks (“hieromonachoi”) as copyists, readers, and owners of manuscripts in the Christian East. Did they only read and write, or did they also repair manuscripts? What texts did they copy? And what purpose did their books serve? By addressing these and related questions, alternating between overviews and case studies, the essays in this volume aim to shed new light on the cultural role of monks and clergy active in the Christian East—particularly in the Sinai and the Holy Land, with an additional focus on Antioch—between the 9th and the 16th centuries. Special attention is given to books written in Greek, Arabic, Syriac, and Georgian.

  • Contributions by Daniel Galadza
  • Contributions by Adrian C. Pirtea
  • Contributions by Habib Ibrahim
  • Contributions by Grigory Kessel
  • Contributions by Natalia Smelova
  • Contributions by Tinatin Chronz
  • Contributions by Mariafrancesca Sgandurra
  • Contributions by Samuel Bauer
  • Contributions by Lasse Løvlund Toft
  • Contributions by Claudia Rapp
  • Contributions by Giulia Rossetto
  • Edited by Giulia Rossetto

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