The monastery of Saint John has preserved over the past nine centuries innumerable treasures, priceless works of art from the Byzantine, post Byzant and modern Greek tradition. Illuminated manuscripts, architecture, icons, gold embroidery, church silver. The highest resolution photographs have been taken especially for this publication. All color pictures. Twenty-three historians, art historians and monks present its history, environment, architecture, art, archives and library.
Extensive documentation is provided for scholarly research.
Very detailed legends, bibliography, index of the iconography. This magnificent volume with superb color plates. It is an exhaustive book about the architecture, mosaics, wall paintings, icons, church embroideries and metalwork, illuminated manuscripts, and other writings of this 15 centuries old monastery. Glossary, index, notes and bibliography. Hard slip case.