A Description Of The Present State Of Samos, Nicaria, Patmos, And Mount Athos (1678) - Couverture rigide

Georgirenes, Joseph

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ISBN 10 : 116469572X ISBN 13 : 9781164695721

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

""A Description Of The Present State Of Samos, Nicaria, Patmos, And Mount Athos"" is a historical book written by Joseph Georgirenes in 1678. The book provides a detailed account of the current state of the Greek islands of Samos, Nicaria, Patmos, and the monastic community of Mount Athos. The author, who was a Greek Orthodox bishop, gives a comprehensive description of the geography, climate, flora, fauna, and the way of life of the inhabitants of these islands. The book also contains information about the history, culture, and religious practices of the people living on these islands. Georgirenes provides insights into the political and social conditions of the islands, including the role of the Ottoman Empire in governing them. The author's primary focus is on the monastic community of Mount Athos, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a center of Orthodox Christian spirituality. Georgirenes describes the various monasteries, their architecture, and the daily routines of the monks living there. He also provides an account of the religious practices and ceremonies that take place on the mountain. Overall, ""A Description Of The Present State Of Samos, Nicaria, Patmos, And Mount Athos"" is a valuable historical document that provides a glimpse into the life and culture of the Greek islands and the monastic community of Mount Athos in the 17th century.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 116469572X
• ISBN 13: 9781164695721
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 138
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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