The Miniatures of the Sacra Parallela: Parisinus Greaecus 923
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. 272p + 759 ills.(many at actual size) on 162 pls.; 1 double-page color plate reproducing a full page at actual size. Jacket is shelf-soiled, chipped. Fine / good. Item #31299
Detailed analysis of the "most lavishly illustrated Byzantine manuscript still in existence." The miniatures present the "first comprehensive picture of the biblical, patristic, and historical books illustrated during the Early Byzantine period," deriving from now lost examples. (Studies in Manuscript Illumination, 8) Heavy; shipping/handling may be extra. Please keep this in mind when ordering.
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