The Butrint Baptistery and its Mosaics - John Mitchell

The Baptistery with its near-perfectly preserved mosaic floor
is undoubtedly the most famous of the monuments at Butrint. In
this splendidly illustrated book, Mitchell analyses the
narratives of salvation and rebirth inherent in its iconography
and proposes interpretations for the ritual use of the building
and its annexe. The study highlights the contextual relationships
of the mosaics with the schools and artisans of the east
Mediterranean and the ecclesiastic patronage of the
commissioning, providing important insights for the rich body of mosaics found throughout Butrint.
In English and Albanian.