TREASURY OF THE PROTATON, Volume 1
Editors
Stelios Papadopoulos
Chrysoula Kapioldasi-Sotiropoulou
Details
328 pages
118 color photographs and drawings
hardback, 29x24.5 cm
Description
The first volume deals with the liturgical relics and documents, both spiritual and artistic, that have been cherished for centuries in the Church of the Protaton of Mount Athos, and kept intact despite the many disasters experienced by the region.
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Contents
Message from His All-Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomaios Foreword from the Holy Community
HISTORY Protaton. The Centre of Athonite Monasticism Kriton ChryssochoΪdis, Historian, Director of Research, National Research Foundation
DECORATIVE ARTS Byzantine Works Brigitte Pitarakis, Dr Byzantinist Modern Works Yota Ikonomaki-Papadopoulos, Art Historian
WOODCARVING Woodcarving Nikos Nikonanos, University Professor
ARCHIVES The Greek Archives Kriton ChryssochoΪdis, Historian, Director of Research, National Research Foundation The Turkish Archives Vassilis Dimitriadis, University Professor The Romanian Archives Florin Marinescu, Historian, Researcher, National Research Foundation
LIBRARY Manuscript Codices Agamemnon Tselikas, Philologist-Palaeographer Illustrated Manuscript George Galavaris, Emeritus University Professor, Academician The Library of the Printed Word Yiannis Karas, Historian, Direcror of Research, National Research Foundation
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