Description
Institute for Protection of the Monuments of Culture and National Museum - Ohrid, Published 1999. Paperback, 111 pp.; 30 cm; illustrated with full-page color plates.
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Condition & notes
In Good condition. Black paper covers with French flaps, front illustrated with color detail of the Archangel Gabriel from the processional icon of the Annunciation (beginning of 14th century), title in gold; rear printed with silver rosette from the same icon's revetment. Mild to moderate shelf and edge wear, scratching and scuffing to both covers, some scattered color loss along rear cover. Binding tight. Final leaf (p. 111) torn out, stub remaining at gutter; all other pages present, clean and unmarked. Catalogue of the Icon Gallery in Ohrid by Milco Georgievski, curator in charge of its permanent collection. An introductory survey of icon painting in Ohrid from the 11th to the early 20th century (St. Sophia, the Salonikan painters Michael and Eutychios, Dico Zograf and the 19th-century workshops) is followed by catalogue entries, each with a full-page color plate, date, church of origin, technique, dimensions, inventory number, description, exhibition history and bibliography. Icons include St. Basil the Great and St. Nicholas (c. 1045/50), the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste, the Mother of God Hodigitria, the Descent into Limbo, the double-sided processional icon of the Mother of God Psychosostria with its silver revetment, St. Nicholas with scenes of his life, and the Presentation of the Virgin. Translated from Macedonian by the author; footnotes and bibliography largely in Macedonian, Serbian and other languages.