Five Centuries of Books and Manuscripts in Modern Greek: A Catalogue of an Exhibition at the Houghton Library, December 4, 1987 Through February 17, 1988This work explores the emergence of modern Greek language, thought, and sensibility reflected in Harvard's 80,000-item-strong collection of Greek books and manuscripts, ranging from fifteenth-century liturgical manuals to Renaissance translations into modern Greek of Homer and other classical authors to the works and papers of such twentieth-century Greek literary figures as Nikos Kazantzakis, George Seferis, and C. P. Cavafy. With copious illustrations of Greek writing, design, and typography, Evro Layton's catalogue is a visual and intellectual treat for philhellenes. |
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Alexandros Mavrokordatos Andreas Andreas Kalvos Angelos Angelos Sikelianos Athens became Bucharest Byzantine C. P. Cavafy Cavafy Chrysanthos classical collection Corfu Cretan Crete culture Demetrios demotic Dionysios Solomos Dositheos Doukas edition Elytis French George Seferis Georgios Greece Greek books Greek Enlightenment Greek texts Harvard College Ioannina Ionian Islands Italian Italy Kalvos Kazantzakis Kolokotrones Korydalleus Kounadis Kyrillos Loukaris language later Library literary liturgical books Missolonghi modern Greek literature monastery Nikolaos Odysseas Elytis Oktoechos Orthodox Church Ottoman Padua Palamas Paris Patriarch of Jerusalem Patriarchal Academy Peloponnese period Phanariot poems poet poetry printed printer Psalidas published Regas Ritsos Saint scholars Seferis Sikelianos Solomos studies tradition translated Turkish Turks Venetian Venice Ventotes verse Vienna Voulgaris wrote Zacharias Kalliergis Zakynthos ἀπὸ δὲ δεν διὰ εἶναι ἐκ εν καὶ καὶ τὸ κατὰ νὰ παρὰ περὶ πρὸς τὰ τὰς τε τὴν τῆς τοῖς τὸν τοῦ τυπογραφίας τῷ τῶν ὡς