Field photograph·Csn0342
Kykko Monastery
Description
A dark silhouette of a man in a tall hat stands in the foreground at a balcony railing with star-shaped openings. Beyond, a long arcaded gallery with pale arches runs along the left, and a courtyard with a low stone wall and a tree opens to the right. Tiled roofs and a pine-covered hillside rise behind, and a small figure stands on an upper balcony in an arched opening.
Other scan of this record (1)
- Description, scan 2
- A man in a tall cylindrical cap and long coat stands in dark silhouette at the left, resting on a balcony railing with star-shaped openings. Beyond, a long arcade of pointed arches runs along a whitewashed building with tiled roofs, and a second figure stands on an upper gallery in the centre. At the right, a walled corner with a tree sits in the courtyard, and a pine-covered hillside rises behind.
English, as on the record
KYKKO MONASTERY "The most celebrated monastery in the island is that of Kykko, so well know for its wonder-working portrait of the Mother of God, the work, it is said, of St Luke. The face is covered, and nor to be seen of men. We say no more, nor of all known miracles is there one we could compare with this unspeakable mystery." Constantius, Archbishop of Sinai, 1766 (A Pleasant and Brief Cypriad.)
English, as on the record
KYKKO MONASTERY "The most celebrated monastery in the island is that of Kykko, so well know for its wonder-working portrait of the Mother of God, the work, it is said, of St Luke. The face is covered, and nor to be seen of men. We say no more, nor of all known miracles is there one we could compare with this unspeakable mystery." Constantius, Archbishop of Sinai, 1766 (A Pleasant and Brief Cypriad.)