Ambassador Christos Zacharakis delivered the Second Annual Margarita Samourkas Lecture on the History of Cartography on Wednesday, February 22nd entitled “Sacred Cartography and Greek Lands.”
Exploring Greek Manuscripts in the Gennadius Library
October 10, 2011 19:00
Presentation of the volume “Exploring Greek Manuscripts in the Gennadius Library” (Gennadeion Monographs VI) edited by Maria Politi and Eleni Pappa.
The following will talk on the book:
Kallirroi Linardou, School of Fine Arts
Agamemnon Tselikas, Historical and Palaeographical Archive, MIET
Elisavet Zaxariadou, Institute for Mediterranean Studies
Achilleas Chaldaiakis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Greek manuscript production has a long and fascinating history, covering almost every area of intellectual, religious, literary and administrative endeavor in the Greek-speaking world of the medieval and early modern eras. Exploring Greek Manuscripts in the Gennadius Library features 12 essays on the tremendously rich and exquisite Greek manuscript collection of the Gennadius Library. Each of the authors are leading manuscript scholars, and their chapters are illustrated by color plates highlighting some of the most interesting and beautiful examples held in the Library’s care.
The Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and the Greek Paleographical Society have joined together to produce this volume on Greek manuscripts in both Greek and English. Their publication marks the relaunch of the Gennadeion Monographs series and allows the American School of Classical Studies to continue its commitment to bilingual publishing. The Gennadeion Monographs series exists to publish studies related to the collections of the library.
The presentation will be in Greek.