Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-02-19 | Page 4 | Irreparable Loss at Mount Athos

IRREPARABLE LOSS AT MOUNT ATHOS Nothing less than an archaeological calamity has happened on Mount Mount Athos where eleven centuries of Byzantine By By- antine art architecture and have perished utterly In the flames Fire broke out a a. few days ago In the Monastery of St. St Paul and the entire building all Its contents were destroyed de- de sti The monastery dates back eleven centuries Its library w was wa rich richin richin richin in manuscript documents of the Byzantine Byzantine Byzantine tine Emperors and the Interior was a a. tre treasure sure house of Byzantine art The reliquary tY y was was full of objects of the highest legendary interest Among other objects it contained what hat a a. tradition tradition tradition tra tra- of the Greek church holds to be bethe bethe bethe the Identical gifts presented In homage homage homage hom hom- age by the Three Wise Men of the ast at Bethlehem All have perished Pall Mall MalI Gazette cazette