The Book of Ahtamar Reliefs

This book covers almost all of the surviving narrative relief sculpture of the former Church of the Holy Cross built on the island of Ahtamar or Akdamar in Lake Van, eastern Turkey. Its objective is visual and descriptive... Gagik (908-936) was a clever and good ruler and during his reign the lands of Vaspurakan prospered. The information about the king's works and the Church of the Holy Cros mostly comes from his family history written by the court historian Thomas Artsruni...