Author: Underwood, Paul A.
Title: The Kariye Djami (3 Volumes)
Description: [New York}, Bollingen Series LXX / Pantheon Books, 1966. Hardbound. Purple cloth boards with gilt spine lettering. Vol. 1: xiv, 321, [3], 5 pp. with 12 figures upon them. Vol. 2: xiii, [3] pp. 334 pp. of color and bw plates, followed by 3 pp Iconographic Index and 5 sheets with 12 figures of plans. Vol. 3: xi, [5] pp. followed by plates 335-553 (some color), followed by Iconographic Index and 5 pp. with 12 figures upon them. No slipcase. Volume 1: Historical Introduction and Description of the Mosaics and frescoes. Vol. 2: Plates 1-334, The Mosaics. Vol. 3: Plates 335-553, The Frescoes. A fascinating study of the murals and mosaics in the Kariye Camii (mosque), now the Chora Church/museum, in Istanbul. VG- (ex-library with labels and stamps on spines, blocks, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Light shelfwear to boards. Pages are otherwise clear.) .

Keywords: Middle Eastern Art; Kariye Djami; Kariye Camii; Chora Church ; Byzantine Art ; ;


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