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American School of Classical Studies at Athens - The New Griffon

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The New Griffon

Hidden Treasures at the Gennadius Library
edited by Maria Georgopoulou and Irini Solomonidi
The New Griffon volume 12 seeks to highlight several discoveries in a variety of areas and time periods: Father Konstantinos Terzopoulos explores 16 manuscripts of Byzantine chant; Leonora Navari presents the published works of Cardinal Bessarion, one of the heroes of Joannes Gennadius because of his active role in promoting the study of Hellenism in Italy; Cristina Pallini dissects an early hand-drawn map of Smyrna; Massimo Pinto considers the ...
Paperback. Price GB £15.00


The New Griffon

Kostas Varnalis's Papers: The Poet's Workshop and History
edited by Theano Michailidou
Kostas Varnalis (1884-1974) was a Bulgarian-born Greek writer and member of the demoticist movement in Greece. An important contemporary of Angelos Sikelianos and Nikos Kazantzakis, Varnalis flourished as a poet in the interwar years. This issue of the The New Griffon presents for the first time an in-depth view of the poet's literary work and life through his letters and papers, given to the Gennadius Library by the poet's daughter in ...
Paperback. Not yet published - advance orders taken. Price GB £10.00


The New Griffon

The Archaeology of Xenitia: Greek Immigration and Material Culture
edited by Kostis Kourelis
Between 1900 and 1915, a quarter of the working-age male Greek population immigrated to the United States, Canada, and Australia. This profound demographic phenomenon left an indelible mark on Greek society, but also created new diasporic communities in the host countries. Greek immigration is a phenomenon of modern trans-nationalism that shares features with other migration stories despite its unique ethnic manifestations. Xenitia, as a ...
Paperback. Price GB £10.00


The New Griffon

Modern Greek Resources Project: Libraries, Collections and Databases
edited by Maria Georgopoulou
Greek bibliographic resources have generally been difficult to access in North America. The latest issue of the Gennadius Library's annual periodical presents revised versions of papers first given at a meeting held in December 2006 that explored the possibility of effective transnational cooperation between libraries in Greece and in North America. Five broad themes dominated the conference: collection development and acquisition; bibliographic ...
Paperback. Price GB £10.00


The New Griffon

Mapping Mediterranean Lands
edited by Maria Georgopoulou
This special issue of the Gennadius Library's periodical, The New Griffon, presents six essays about the Library's map collection and its place in a larger project to bring together, in a digital repository, maps and charts of the Mediterranean held in American overseas research centers. Each article is in both English and Modern Greek. Contents: Mapping Mediterranean Lands (Maria Georgopoulou); "Mapping the Mediterranean" in the Gennadius ...
Paperback. Price GB £10.00





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