This is the interesting record of a journey undertaken by the author in the mid 1990s in the footsteps of John Moschos, a great Byzantine traveller-monk, who crossed the Eastern Byzantine world during the 7th century A.D. Combining reflections on things he saw both ancient and modern and in particular describing the various monasteries in which he stayed, he includes anecdotes that prevent it from being heavy-going for the non-erudite like me.
(Jeremy Swann - bwl 8 April 2001 ) |
