1st Edition
The Post-Byzantine Monuments of the Pontos A Source Book
502 Pages
by
Routledge
This volume makes available a unique record of the post-Byzantine architecture and buildings - churches primarily, but also monasteries, bridges and schools - of the Pontos, the north-eastern coastlands of Anatolia. The region enjoyed two great periods of prosperity, first expressed in the richness of its buildings from the time of the Empire of Trebizond (1204-1461), and second in its no less... Read more
Contents: Introduction; The Pontic Greeks before the diaspora; 19th-century monuments in the city and vilayet of Trebizond: architectural and historical notes, Parts 1-4; Appendices; Final note; Index; Greek summary.
Biography
Anthony Bryer, David Winfield, Selina Balance
'... a splendid travel book. The breezes of the Pontus uplands can almost be felt as one reads.' The Tablet '... a well-written and readable account...' Architectural Science Review
