In this brief volume of the University of Michigan Studies: Humanistic Series, Charles R. Morey takes a detailed look at several items in Charles Freer’s collection of Christian art: two miniatures of St. John Climacus, eight miniatures from a manuscript of the Gospels, and the painted covers of the Washington manuscript of the Gospels. Sketches of the art under discussion are included.

Studies in East Christian and Roman Art offers a detailed study of important elements of East Christian and Roman art. In particular, there are studies of two miniatures from a manuscript of St. John of Climacus and eight from a manuscript of the Gospels, as well as the painted covers of the Washington Manuscript of the Gospels, and extensive illustrations.