This point of view would have pleased Leroy, who died in 1979, since Syrian Orthodox art
was one of his many specialisations. From his earlier article on the so-called 'Syrian
Renaissance'(1971) it is apparent that Leroy's main concern was illuminated Syriac
manuscripts; the few Lebanese wall paintings known at that moment had escaped his
attention. This omission is regrettable, since the murals of Lebanon and Syria illustrate
above all the revival of both the Syrian Orthodox and Melkite (Byzantine Orthodox) …