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Re-use of decorated silver plates: A gospel cover in the Monastery of St John on Patmos

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In this article an account is given of a gospel cover from the Monastery of the Apocalypse, today in the sacristy of the Monastery of St John the Theologos, on Patmos. It is decorated with sheets and plaques from objects of differing origins and periods, from the 13th-14th to the 17th century.
Title: Re-use of decorated silver plates: A gospel cover in the Monastery of St John on Patmos
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In this article an account is given of a gospel cover from the Monastery of the Apocalypse, today in the sacristy of the Monastery of St John the Theologos, on Patmos.
It is decorated with sheets and plaques from objects of differing origins and periods, from the 13th-14th to the 17th century.

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