Field photograph·Csn0334
Loggia in Kykko Monastery
Description
A long covered arcade seen from one end, with a row of pale columns with carved capitals on the right and a plastered wall with arched openings on the left. Light falls through the arches across the paved walkway, casting bright bands on the floor. Beyond the outer columns a tiled roof and a rocky hillside are visible, and an iron railing runs along the open side.
Other scan of this record (1)
- Description, scan 2
- A long covered loggia runs diagonally from the foreground into the distance, with a row of columns and arches on the right and a pale wall on the left. Shadows of roof beams fall across the paved floor, and an openwork railing lines the edge. Beyond the railing, a tiled roof and a steep rocky hillside are visible.
English, as on the record
LOGGIA IN KYKKO MONASTERY Mongoian Bros. "We travelled over several hills and ascended the highest of them to the convent, where they have a miraculous picture of the Blessed Virgin and our Saviour, painted, as the say, by St Luke. This place is much resorted to by the Greeks, and they come to it even from Muscovy." Richard Pococke-1738 (Description of the East).
English, as on the record
LOGGIA IN KYKKO MONASTERY Mongoian Bros. "We travelled over several hills and ascended the highest of them to the convent, where they have a miraculous picture of the Blessed Virgin and our Saviour, painted, as the say, by St Luke. This place is much resorted to by the Greeks, and they come to it even from Muscovy." Richard Pococke-1738 (Description of the East).