Stratis Papaioannou (ed. trns)

Christian Novels from the Menologion of Symeon Metaphrastes (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library)

Harvard University Press, 2017. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Fine, fresh copy in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 318 pp with bibliography and index. Created in the tenth century, most likely as an imperial commission, teh Menologion is a collection of saints' lives intended to be read at services for christian feast days. Yet Symeon Metaphrases' stories also abound in transgression and violence, punishment and redemption, love and miracles. Fine / fine. Item #E31774
ISBN: 9780674975064

Price: $49.95