Chora: the Scroll of Heaven

by Cyril Mango

WITHIN EU, WE SHIP FROM EUROPEAN OFFICE Book New. Dust Jacket New. 1st Edition. CHORA The Scroll of Heaven Text by Cyril Mango Photographs by Ahmet Ertug The building that was originally the Monastery of the Holy Savior in Chora is regarded as one of the most sublime examples of Byzantine art because of its early 14th century mosaics and frescoes. The Scroll of Heaven takes the reader on a scholarly and artistic journey that delves all the details of this jewel-like structure. Text by Cyril Mango, one of the most respected names today in the field of Byzantine art history, photographed by Ahmet Ertug. The photographs were exhibited at the International Byzantine Congress in Paris in 2002, and again at the Japan Foundation in Tokyo during August 2003 and at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University in May 2004and at the World Monuments Fund Gallery in New York in June-July 2006. 257 pages, 107 plates, 30 by 41 cms Hardbound covered with Japanese cloth, presented in a slipcase. INTERMA is the exclusive distributor for Ertug & Kocabiyik Publications in USA and Canada, WORLDWIDE orders usually ship within 2 business days.

Hardcover

Published January 1, 2000

About the author

Cyril Alexander Mango is a British scholar in the history, art, and architecture of the Byzantine Empire. He is a former King's College London and Oxford professor of Byzantine and Modern Greek Language and Literature. He is the brother of Andrew Mango.


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