Among the collections of the Gennadius Library in Athens are over 300 Greek manuscripts, ranging in date from the 13th to the 19th century. This book presents a collection of studies of various aspects of the collection written by leading paleographers, Byzantine art historians, and theologians. Contents: Preface (Maria Georgopoulou); John Gennadius and the Manuscript Collection of the Gennadius Library (Maria Politi); Illustrated Byzantine Manuscripts in the Gennadius Library (Angeliki Mitsani); Manuscripts of the Orthodox Church in the Gennadius Library (Emmanuel Giannopoulos); The Text of The Ladder in Genn. MS Ku. 15 (Nonna Papadimitriou); Illustrated Manuscripts in the Age of the Printed Book (Olga Gratziou); Manuscript Sources for Ecclesiastical History in the Gennadius Library (Kriton Chrysochoidis); Greek and Western Scholars, Scribes and Philologists of the 15th to 19th Centuries in Manuscripts of the Gennadius Library (Eleni Pappa); Post-Byzantine Philosophical Manuscripts of the Gennadius Library (Chariton Karanasios); Another Look at the Karamanli Script as a Mode of Expression among the Orthodox of Asia Minor: Two Manuscripts of the 18th Century (Penelope Stathi); The Memorandum of 1796: A Further Reading (Spyros Asdrahas); Tracing the Presence of Ioannis Emmanouil, Comrade of Riga Ferraios, in an 18th Century Mathematarion (Giannis Kokkonas)

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 is a leading manuscript scholar, and each chapter is illustrated by color plates highlighting some of the most interesting and beautiful examples held in the Librarys 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.Also available in a Modern Greek language edition (see second ISBN).