Sinai Byzantium Russia: Orthodox Art from the Sixth to the Twentieth Century

by Courtauld Institute of Art, Hermitage Museum, Oriana Baddeley (Editor)

This text offers a comprehensive catalogue of Orthodox 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 icons to paintings to jewellery; enamels; illuminated manuscripts; ivories; textiles; coins and precious metalworks of all kinds.

488 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

The Courtauld Institute of Art is a self-governing college of the University of London specializing in the study of the history of art and conservation.

The Institute is based in Somerset House, in the Strand in London. The art collection is known particularly for its French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, and is housed in the Courtauld Gallery.

The Witt Library is an extensive collection, boasting over 2 million photographs, reproductions, and cuttings of paintings, drawings, and engravings of Western Art from circa 1200 to 2009.

The Courtauld was founded in 1932 through the philanthropic efforts of the industrialist and art collector Samuel Courtauld, the diplomat and collector Lord Lee of Fareham, and the art historian Sir Robert Witt.