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The Art of Byzantium: Between Antiquity and the Renaissance by Thomas F Mathews
by Mathews, Thomas F
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- ISBN 10
- 0297823981
- ISBN 13
- 9780297823988
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SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1998* Publisher: The Everyman Art Library.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated soft card covers showing a "Enthroned Mother of God with Prophets and Saints. C1100." No bumps or rubs, shelf wear or reading creases to spine, none to hinge. Seems un-used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text. No tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: Numerous colour and a few b/w plates. * Pages: 163 pp. text. xiii pp. index and notes at rear.* Product Description:- The art of the Byzantine Empire is inextricably linked to the fortunes of the Empire's capital, Constantinople (now Istanbul), founded by the emperor Constantinople in AD 324, sacked by the crusaders in 1204 and finally invaded by the Ottoman Turks in 1453. The city was the centre of Byzantine culture, heir to the legal system and imperial ethos of Rome and the learning of Greece. This is a FINE text copy of the 1st./1st. with no visible fault, as new.*
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- Cocksparrow Books
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- Title
- The Art of Byzantium: Between Antiquity and the Renaissance by Thomas F Mathews
- Author
- Mathews, Thomas F
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - F/F/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edn, 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0297823981
- ISBN 13
- 9780297823988
- Publisher
- The Everyman Art Library.
- Place of Publication
- London, UK. 176
- Date Published
- 1998-01-01
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