SINAI, BYZANTIUM AND RUSSIA

A lavish and copiously illustrated guide to the treasure trove of Orthodox iconography and liturgical art to be found at the monastery of St. Catherine in the Sinai desert and the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. Together these items reveal not only the glory of Byzantium but also its artistic continuation through to modern times in Russia and elsewhere.Three major essays accompany the catalogue: Sinai, Byzantium and Russia by Yuri PiatnitskyByzantine Art and the Holy Land by Marlia MangoSinai: the construction of a Sacred Landscape by Robin Cormack