THE CERAMIC ICON IN MEDIEVAL BULGARIA, 9 - 11c.

ISBN 954-430-660-9
Author: Prof. Dr. Totev Totyu
Printed in: Sofia 1999
Pages: 224 p. , soft cover, size 28/ 11 sm.
Language: Text in English
Photos: 69 pages with color and b&w illustrations

"The present book considers the results of the authors activities of long standing as an archaeologist, art historian and medievalist. It is the first serious attempt to fully elucidate the ceramic icon in medieval Bulgaria /9th-14th c./ The conclusions reached in it are important not only for Bulgarian art, but also for the culture of Byzantium and the Orthodox East. The book deals successfully with the issues of the genesis, the flourishing, the iconography, the style, the dating and the function of the painted and embossed white and red clay icons in medieval Bulgaria."
The book was translated from unpublished manuscript by Archimandrite Pavel Stefanov. Includes bibliographical reference and index of all finds.