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The sixth-century baptistery of Butrint on the Albanian coast is one of the best preserved of Late Antique Christian buildings. Erected over a Roman bathhouse, the baptistery demonstrates the wealth and piety of Butrint. This guide to the building and its exquisite mosaics is in facing-page Albanian and English. The main goal of the authors is to introduce the public to the baptistery and the mosaics, which blend Greco-Roman tradition and Christian symbolism. Over 100 color photographs display the images with an explanation of their meaning, if known. This book will interest art historians and students of Late Antique culture and early Christian symbolism. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
