G I Vzdornov. Frescoes of Theophanes the Greek in the Church of the Saviour of the Transfiguration in Novgorod. Moscow 1976 Hardcover in DJ Previous owner's signature on flyleaf, sl wear to dj Quatro 289 pp Mostly in Russian with a summary in English and List of Illustrations in back in English.
"Theophanes the Greek is an outstanding Byzantine painter of the fourteenth century. His works have been preserved only in Russia, which became the artist's second motherland. A considerable number of individual personages and large mcompositions were cleaned in the course of works in restoration of the Church of the Saviour in 1968-1970. "