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Fascinating description of how the unique C13th murals were stolen by a Turkish art dealer who cut them from the dome of the church at Lysi in Turkish occupied Cyprus, how they were rescued and shipped to London where they were painstakingly conserved and restored into a purpose built artificial dome which was taken for safe keeping to Austin Texas under the guardianship if the Menil Foundation.  Large format paperback.  160 pages.  Many excellent colour and black-and-white photographs.  Good clean condition.  Cat No 3486

£ 18.95

Annemarie Weyl Carr

University of Texas Press

Very Good

Paperback

0292781180

1991

Region: Mediterranean

Theory & Practice: Conservation

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