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Record Nr.

UNINA9910724397103321

Autore

Rossetto Giulia

Titolo

Greek Palimpsests at Saint Catherine's Monastery (Sinai) : Three Euchologia as Case Studies / / Giulia Rossetto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vienna : , : Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, , 2023

©2023

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Denkschriften (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse) ; ; Band 44

Disciplina

091

Soggetti

Manuscripts, Greek

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Greek Palimpsests of Saint Catherine's Monastery -- Towards an Inventory of Saint Catherine's Greek Palimpsests -- The Greek Euchologia of Saint Catherine's Monastery -- Sin. gr. 960 + Sin. gr. NF M 11 [A] + Sin. gr. NF M 22 [B] + Sin. gr. NF M 79 [C] -- Sin. gr. 962 -- The Greek Palimpsests of Saint Catherine's Monastery -- Towards an Inventory of Saint Catherine's Greek Palimpsests -- The Greek Euchologia of Saint Catherine's Monastery -- Sin. gr. 966 + Sin. gr. NF M 21 [A] + Sin. gr. NF M 68 [B] + Bryn Mawr 2012.11.98 [C].

Sommario/riassunto

Built in the 6th century by order of Emperor Justinian, the Monastery of Saint Catherine in the Sinai desert preserves the oldest Christian monastic library with an uninterrupted history. This Greek Orthodox Monastery houses a significant collection of manuscripts in the world, including a large number of palimpsest manuscripts (over 170). Eleven different languages are attested in their erased layers as "scriptiones inferiores": they reflect the long history and the multicultural nature of the Sinai shrine. This book lies at the intersection of palimpsest studies and the investigation of the Byzantine Greek Euchologia (prayer books), with an additional focus on the history of the Sinai library. This study offers the first inventory of the Greek palimpsests preserved at the Monastery of Saint Catherine, including a list of newly identified "membra disiecta sinaitica." The second part contains the detailed



description and historical analysis of three selected Sinai Euchologia (Sin. gr. 960, Sin. gr. 962, Sin. gr. 966) written on recycled parchment, which have never been studied with regard to their "scriptiones inferiores". The collected material contributes to our knowledge of the history and development of the Sinai collection of manuscripts over the centuries.