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Chatzidakis, Manolis and Dimitrios Sofianos. The Great Meteoron: History and Art. Interamerican, 1990. First Edition (DJ)

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This scholarly monograph, titled The Great Meteoron: History and Art (Greek: ΤΟ ΜΕΓΑΛΟ ΜΕΤΕΩΡΟ: ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΕΧΝΗ), is authored by Manolis Chatzidakis and Dimitrios Sofianos. Published by Interamerican in Athens in 1990, the work features an English translation by Alexandra Doumas. The volume is a large-format quarto bound in the publisher’s dark cloth. It is accompanied by its original charcoal grey dust jacket, which features gold-toned lettering and a central colour illustration of a Byzantine church dome fresco. The text provides a detailed history of the Holy Monastery of the Great Meteoron and is copiously illustrated with high-quality, full-page colour plates depicting ecclesiastical frescoes, icons, and historical monastic art.
Height: approximately 31cm.