Tsromskaya Mozaika: Posmertnoe Izdanie (Tsromskaya Mosaics: Posthumous Edition)
Softcover
1935 · Tiflis, Georgia
by Smirnov, Ja. I.
Tiflis, Georgia: Metechi, 1935. Softcover. Good+ (Ex-library, with markings, label on cover, bookplate on inside front cover, pocket at rear, well tanned and well worn at the edges, but not falling apart at all, & plates are fairly good., though versos may carry water stains). Tan/white wraps, 36 pp. + 4 color & 36 BW plates. Text is in Russian. A treatise on mosaics in the Tsromi Monastery in Georgia. Front matter describes the mosaics and provides an artistic analysis. The monastery is near the town of Khashuri, NW of Tbilisi and was built between 626-634. Its preserved mosaic fragments are the subject of this book. (Inventory #: 135761)