Author Bios

Dr. Zaza Alexidze (ZA)
Professor and Head of the Scientific Department of the K. Kekelidze Institute of Manuscripts in Tbilisi

Dr. Bruce C. Barker-Benfield (BCBB)
Senior Assistant Librarian, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford

Monica J. Blanchard, Ph.D. (MJB)
Curator, Semitics/Institute of Christian Oriental Research Collections, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

Michelle P. Brown (MPB)
Professor of Medieval Manuscript Studies, University of London; Visiting Professor, Leeds University; Regional Programmes (and formerly Curator of Illuminated Manuscripts), British Library; Lay Canon and chapter member of Saint Paul's Cathedral, London

Dr. Malcolm Choat (MC)
Associate Lecturer, Department of Ancient History, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Harry Y. Gamble (HYG)
Professor and Chair, Department of Religious Studies, University of Virginia, Charlottesville

Ann C. Gunter, Ph.D. (AG)
Head of Scholarly Publications and Curator of Ancient Near Eastern Art, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Charles Horton (CH)
Curator of the Western Collections of the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin

Dr. Martin Kauffmann (MK)
Assistant Librarian, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford

Dr. Herbert L. Kessler (HLK)
Professor of the History of Art, Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

Richard A. Leson (RAL)
Zanvyl Krieger Curatorial Fellow, Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

Adolfo Roitman , Ph. D. (AR)
Curator of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Head of the Shrine of the Book, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem