Lidov A.M. Byzantine icons of Sinai -ВИЗАНТИЙСКИЕ ИКОНЫ СИНАЯ

9, 1959, in Moscow) is a Russian scientist, historian and theorist of art, Byzantologist and religious scholar, author of the concept of hierotopy (the science of sacred spaces). In 1981 he graduated from the Department of History and Theory of Art at Moscow State University. Author of more than forty scientific works published in Russian, English and French. The main subject of research is Byzantine iconography. Organizer of international symposia and editor - compiler of collections of articles: *Jerusalem in Russian Culture* (1991), *Eastern Christian Church. Liturgy and Art* (1993), *Miraculous Icon in Byzantium and Ancient Russia* (1994), *Iconostasis: Origin - Development - Symbolism* (1996). Available:

• • M Christian East. 1999. 148 p. Hardcover, Landscape format.