Byzantine Churches of Thessaloniki: An illustrated account of the architecture and iconographic decoration of seven Byzantine churches of Thessaloniki, together with important historical data.
By Constantine Cavarnos With a Foreword by Sophia Ahtaridis
“Through the Christianization of the Slavs, Thessaloniki became, during the more than one-thousand-year period of Byzantine history—together with the capital of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople, with which Thessaloniki was always in close touch—the bearer of Hellenic culture and Orthodox Christianity to the whole of Europe. [...]Seven Byzantine churches of Thessaloniki are described in this book with respect to their architecture and iconographic decoration.” —“Foreword”
CONTENTS
FOREWORD PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS INTRODUCTORY CHURCH OF SAINT DEMETRIOS CHURCH OF PANAGIA ACHEIROPOIETOS CHURCH OF HAGHIA SOPHIA CHURCH OF SAINT GEORGE CHURCH OF HOSIOS DAVID CHURCH OF THE HOLY APOSTLES CHURCH OF SAINT NICHOLAS ORPHANOS ΠΡΟΟΙΜΙΟΝ APPENDIX: PHOTIOS KONTOGLOU ON THESSALONIKI AND ITS BYZANTINE CHURCHES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX OF NAMES
Item Number: BKC417 Publication Data: Belmont, MA: Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 1995 Format: softcover Number of Pages: 88 Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.5 cm × 14.5 cm × 0.7 cm Additional Information: black-and-white illustrations ISBN: 1‒884729‒08‒8
