The World Comes to Sinai: St Catherine’s Monastery and its Library as a Cultural Magnet, Saint Catherine Foundation, London, February 6, 2016, 10:00am–1:00pm

A Workshop-Conference of the Saint Catherine Foundation, Saturday, 6 February 2015, 10.00 to 13.00, Bridgewater House.

Program
Welcoming Remarks
C.E. Richardson, Treasurer, Saint Catherine Foundation

How Did Syriac Manuscripts Get to Sinai?
Sebastian Brock, Department of Oriental Studies, Oxford University

Visitors from Christian Orient and the Palimpsested Manuscripts
Claudia Rapp, Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Vienna University

Sinai and the Market for Printed Books
Nicholas Pickwoad, Ligatus Research Centre, University of the Arts, London

A View to the Future: The New Library Wing
Petros Koufopoulos, Department of Architecture, University of Patras, Greece

Discussion, followed by Coffee and Conversation

Admission is free. RSVP: secretary@saintcatherinefoundation.org.