Treasures of Mount Athos Volume 2, SM Pelekanidis, Ekdotike Athenon, 1974, VG hardcover

Pelekanidis, S. M., a.o., The Treasures of Mount Athos: Illuminated Manuscripts Volume 2, Athens: Ekdotike Athenon 1974. English, Very Good hardcover Fo, 10” x 14” in Good slipcase. 399 pp. + index and bibliography. 

443 Full color illustrations throughout. Gold colored boards with decorative gilt stamped design to front panel. Decorative endpapers. Full color dust jacket with minor wear and small tear to front lower edge. Full color slipcase with wear to edges. Volume 2 of a 3 volume series documenting illuminated Byzantine and post-Byzantine manuscripts as found in the libraries of ancient monasteries of the ‘Holy Mountain’ Mount Athos, Greece, this volume being drawn from Iveron, St. Panteleimon, Esphigmenou, and Chilandari. Numerous large clear plates depict religious scenes and heavily embellished holy texts with extensive section of descriptive reference notes on thick brown paper stock included at rear.