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Kalendar’ – khranitel’ vremeni (Calendar: Keeper of Time)

St. Petersburg: Herm, 2000. Sewn pb. Greek tablets of the third century b.c. recording time, a plate with embossed image of Helios, and cameos with the activities of different seasons; books of hours, medallions, clocks indicating phases of the moon; Japanese silk scrolls depicting the seasons; almanacs and modern calendars suggest the range of works relating to time in this catalogue of a Hermitage exhibition. Chapters focus on different periods from ancient Greece and Rome to the present with separate chapters for Asia, Western Europe, and Russia. 160 pp., 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 ins., 116 color, sewn pb., Rus. Item #3672
ISBN: 5886541357

Price: $52.00