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Turnhout Brepols 2009. Hardback, 478 p., 127 b/w ill. + 285 colour ill., 23 x 30. ISBN 9782503532325. Of all the Old Testament books, the Book of Job remains acutely contemporary today. Written between the 6th and 3rd c. B.C., it deals with subjects such as the presence of evil in the world, the misery, the quest for justice, the faith, and the behavior of people when they face sudden twists and turns of life. It seems that the ancient text had been illustrated since the Early Christian period because of its fascinating novel-like narrative style. In her own study on the Book of Job, Stella Papadaki-Oekland probes into all the Byzantine illuminated manuscripts of the illustrated Greek text. The number of miniature illustrations included in these fifteen manuscripts, dating from the 9th to the 16th century, comes to more than 1800 of which 2/3 of the about 380 illustrated herein are previously unpublished manuscript images. The book is an unabridged version with minor changes of Papadaki-Oekland?s…
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Byzantine Illuminated Manuscripts of the Book of Job: A Preliminary Study of the Miniature Illustrations. Its Origin and Development. Hardcover - 2009
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- Title Byzantine Illuminated Manuscripts of the Book of Job: A Preliminary Study of the Miniature Illustrations. Its Origin and Development.
- Author Stella Papadaki-Oekland
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Edition original
- Pages 698
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Brepols Publishers, Turnhout
- Date 2009-09
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9782503532325 / 2503532322
- Weight 6.05 lbs (2.74 kg)
- Dimensions 11.9 x 9.2 x 1.5 in (30.23 x 23.37 x 3.81 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Dewey Decimal Code 750
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- Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2010, Page 242
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