Oi Agioi Topoi

by Sot. N. Kadas

Book cover: Oi Agioi Topoi

Extent: 224 pages

Publisher: Kapon Editions

Subjects: Art & Art History, Mediterranean Archaeology

Language: Greek (Modern)

Hardback (Published)

(December 1998)

ISBN: 9789607254597

Price: $24.50

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This book is devoted to a category of manuscripts known as proskynetaria, which contain descriptions of the monuments of Palestine, especially the Christian ones. The manuscripts have many similarities with modern travel books, or with tourist guides to archaeological sites. Greek language text. 100+ colour illustrations.


This book is devoted to a category of manuscripts known as proskynetaria which were used as guides mainly in the 17th and 18th centuries. The miniatures illustrating them depict towns and sacred places, churches and monasteries, caves, mountains and lakes, as well as events from the Holy Scriptures and ecclesiastical history and tradition. The proskynetaria are brilliant examples of folk art that form a basic source for Palestine during one period of its history.

  • By (author) Sot N Kadas