Russian Icons

First English edition, originally published as Il Grande Libro delle Icone Russe, in 1987. English translation by Mary Leonore Morse. Wonderfully illustrated history of icon art and iconography in Russia since the conversion to Christianity in the 10th century to the 20th century. Preface by Pitirim, Metropolitan of Volokolamsk and Yuryevsk.Index of icons and bibliography. Color illustrations throughout.