THE SINAI MUSICAL MANUSCRIPTS: NEW EVIDENCE
THE SINAI MUSICAL MANUSCRIPTS: NEW EVIDENCE

Summary/Abstract: St. Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai hosts one of the richest collections of manuscripts in the world. Among the various Sinai manuscripts (about 5,000 codices written on papyrus, parchment and maps), stands out the remarkable collection of about 400 musical codices of great value and importance to the history of the art of chanting. The need for a detailed study of the Sinai musical manuscripts and of the treasury of melodies and information accompanying them acted as an incentive to the author of this paper and to Mrs. Flora Kritikou, to develop a complete catalogue with detailed descriptions of the contents of these musical manuscripts. The study began in June 2004 and the first volume of the catalogue is already in print. In June, 2011, another visit took place to the monastery of St. Catherine in order to continue the task of gathering the material for the second volume of the catalogue. This release aims to present the new pieces of information and elements that emerged in the course of this study, in order to enrich our knowledge with new facts and fill in the gaps in various chanting issues.

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