Cave Monasteries of Byzantine Cappadocia
by
Lyn Rodley
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0521267986
ISBN-13
9780521267984
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 6th, 1986
Print length
284 Pages
Weight
117 grams
Product Classification:
Religious buildings
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This is a fully illustrated account of the rock-cut monasteries, hermitages and other complexes in Cappadocia, Turkey.
This is a fully illustrated account, first published in 1985, of the rock-cut monasteries, hermitages and other complexes in Cappadocia (central Anatolia, in Turkey). These were cut into soft volcanic rock, mostly during the ninth to eleventh centuries, when the area formed part of the Byzantine Empire. Although called ''cave'' monuments, these monasteries were carefully finished to resemble ordinary built architecture. Some of the churches were decorated with wall paintings, which occasionally included portraits of their patrons or dedicatory inscriptions. Dr Rodley provides a definitive record of the monasteries and hermitages, tries to determine when, why and by whom they were established, and places them within the larger contexts of Byzantine history and Byzantine monasteries.
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