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Byzantine Studies - Catalogue - Spring 2016

New and Forthcoming Titles in the field of Byzantine Studies. The catalogue is divided into six parts: Interreligious Dialogue, Art & Material Culture, Society, Manuscript Studies, Text & Author, and Source Texts & Translations.

47TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE BYZANTINE STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA

2021

[TITLE] St. Catherine’s Library (Sinai) Through a Photographic Lens: Between Scholarship and Monasticism [ABSTRACT] Saint Catherine’s Monastery of the Sinai is a refuge for cultural heritage treasures, with an uninterrupted history of more than 1500 years. Today we know of the existence of 4500 manuscripts in the monastery library. This knowledge was not widely available to the public one hundred years ago. The hard work of scholars and monks establishing a relationship of collaboration made possible the promotion and advancement of scholarship through the study of this ancient library. The remote location of the monastery contributed to the survival of the manuscripts, but it also posed difficulties for scholars wanting to reach and study the physical objects. By the end of the 19 th century a new technology was used to assist the scholarly effort: still image capturing by photographic means. The photography and reproduction off-site of manuscript images allowed the better and broader study of many objects, without the limitation of time or difficulties of long travel. In the 20 th century this technology advanced even more; expeditions were now made specifically to the Sinai desert for the reproduction of manuscripts in St. Catherine’s library. This paper deals with the history of photographic expeditions at St. Catherine’s that focused specifically on manuscript photography, the unknown contributors who made access to the library possible, and the effects these interactions had on the local monastic community from the 19th to the 21st century. It is the first time that an attempt has been made to document the photographic record at St. Catherine’s library by collecting information not only from well known publications, but also from the private correspondence of the organizers of photographic projects and the monastery’s leadership. This approach enables us to look into the human side of the scholars’ and monks’ interactions and not just the final product of their expeditions.

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Review of Averil Cameron’s Byzantine Matters (Princeton & Oxford, 2014), in Small, A., Stewart, K., & Wakeley, J.M., (eds.), The Byzantinist: The Newsletter of the Oxford University Byzantine Society, 2015, p.14-15

The Byzantinist, 2015