Sinai Byzantium Russia : orthodox art from the sixth to the twentieth century

This text offers a comprehensive catalogue of Orthodox art: treasures and masterpieces rarely seen in the West. They are drawn from the Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai, the oldest monastery in the world; and the State Heritage Museum, St Petersburg, which has a collection of Byzantine, post-Byzantine, and Russian art. The materials included in this book range from: icons to paintings to jewellery; enamels; illuminated manuscripts; ivories; textiles; coins and precious metalworks of all kinds.