The Byzantine Saint: University of Birmingham Fourteenth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies. A Special Number of Sobornost incorporating Eastern Churches Review [Studies Supplementary to Sobornost 5]

Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius. paperback. Hackel, Sergei [ed] : The Byzantine Saint: University of Birmingham Fourteenth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies. London : Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius, 1981. A Special Number of Sobornost incorporating Eastern Churches Review [Studies Supplementary to Sobornost 5]. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.25"/2m h. Bound in publisher's b&w glossy wrappers. Unusual for a pb, illus to 'endpapers' (inside covers and adjacent p)- "Company of the Saints" icon by the hand of a member of the school of Theophanes the Greek, late 14th cent, located in Moscow. X pp prelim material, 245 numbered pp, plus one lacking no. List of illus, abbrev, acknowl, editor's intro, symposium overview by Anthony Bryer, sections on: Origins, Saint and Society, Life as Genre, Saint in Cult and Art, contributors, index. Notes, b&w photos/maps/illus. Condition notes: nice, solid copy, former owner's name in pen to top of title page, else unmarked. Fascinating collection of papers greatly helped by index. We personally inspect every book we offer.