Montecassino - silk On a green rise among the mountains near Frosinone, overlooking a sensational landscape, Montecassino was one ofthe epicentres of European Christianity: founded by Saint Benedici in the first decades of the 6th century at the height of the barbarian invasions, it served as a last-ditch refuge for faith and civilization. Destroyed and rebuilt, its many surviving splendours are illustrated in these pages.

Title: Montecassino - silk Pages: 84 Tables: 45 Author: Maria Vittoria Marini Clarelli, Gianni Guadalupi Edition: Italian, French, English Translation: Geneviève Lambert, Carol Lee Rathman Year: 1997 Edited by: Gianni Guadalupi Dimensions: (cm) 30x30 Rilegato: Silk Photos by: Vincenzo Pirozzi, Luciano Romano Collazione: 4 pnn, 79 pn, 1 pnn Iconographia: Photographs of the abbey and the works inside Paper: Gardamatt, white Printer: Arti Grafiche Amilcare Pizzi