Anonymous (Proust) – Bezoek aan den berg Athos, de Aarde en haar Volken /Dutch 1873
Alexander (Golitzin), Hieromonk, The Living Witness of the Holy Mountain: Contemporary Voices from Mount Athos, South Canaan, Pennsylvania: St Tikhon’s Seminary Press, 1996 Anthology of some of the best of modern Athonite spiritual writing.
Amand de Mendieta, Emmanuel, Mount Athos, the Garden of the Panaghia, translated by Michael R. Bruce, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1972
Angelou, Alkis, J.D. Carlyle’s Journal of Mount Athos (1801), Eranistis, 14 (1965): 33[-]75
Augerias, Francios, Journey to Mount Athos, 2009, ISBN 1901285391
Ballot, Jean-Christophe Ballot, “Mont Athos”, published by Bibliotheque Nationale de France, 2001
Barsky, Vasily Grigorovich, Stranstvovaniia Vasilia Grigorovicha Barskago po sviatym mestam Vostoka s 1723 po 1747 [Travels of Basil Grigorovich Barsky in the holy places of the East from 1723 to 1747], 4 vols, 1885[-]87 Volume 3 of Barsky’s account in Russian of the monasteries of the east is entirely devoted to Athos, with fine line-drawings of the monasteries.
Barsky, Vasily Grigorovich, Vtoroe poseshchenie sviatoi Afonskoi gory Vasilia Grigorovicha-Barskago im samim opisannoe [Basil Grigorovich Barsky’s Second Visit to the Holy Mountain of Athos as Described by Himself], 1887
Bauer, Kurt, Athos – Berg der Herausforderung, 2010, Tyrolia (German)
Belon, Pierre, Les Observations de plusieurs singularitez et choses mémorables, 1553; as Plurimarum Singularium et Memorabilium Rerum in Graecia, Asia, Aegypto, Iudaea, Arabia, aliisque exteris Provinciis ab ipso conspectarum Observationes, translated into Latin by Carolus Clusius, 1589
Bies, Jean, Mont Athos, 1963 (French)
Bies, Jean: Athos: La Montagne Transfiguré, May 2000 (French)
Bischof, Rudolf: Erlebnis Athos, Im Banne der Stundentrommel, 2004 (German)
Bos, Rolf, met gedichten Peter van den Hazel, Athos, Amstelveen, 1981 (Dutch)
Bos, Rolf: Een theocratisch paradijs (1997), de Volkskrant 26 juli 2007 (Dutch)
Brekelmans, I.: Pelgrimeren naar de Berg Athos, Den Dungen 1995, pp 269 (verslag van twee reizen in de jaren tachtig) (Dutch)
Brenninkmeijer, Paul: Gastvrijheid en spiritualiteit. Bezoek aan de berg Athos, Pokrof 4(2004)4-6 (Dutch)
Breukel, Thom: Op de Heilige Berg Athos, Eikonikon 13(1989)10-11, 19(1990)9-10 (Dutch)
Brewster, Ralph H., The 6,000 Beards of Athos, 1935
Brockhaus, Heinrich Eduard: Die Kunst in den Athos-Klöstern (German Edition) – May 24, 2002
Bryer, Anthony and Mary Cunningham (editors), Mount Athos and Byzantine Monasticism, Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies Publications, no. 4, Aldershot: Ashgate Variorum, 1996 Lively and scholarly contributions on the history, spirituality, economy, and arts and architecture of the Holy Mountain.
Buondelmonti, Cristoforo, Librum Insularum Archipelagi, 1824; as Description des îles de l’Archipel … Version grecque par un anonyme, publiée d’après le manuscrit du Sérail avec une traduction française et un commentaire, par Émile Legrand, 1897
Byron, Robert, The Station; Athos: Treasures and Men, 1928; with introduction by Christopher Sykes, 1949 and here. Photo’s by Byron.
Cavarnos, Constantine, The Holy Mountain, Belmont, Massachusetts: Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 1973
Cavarnos, Constantine, Anchored in God: An Inside Account of Life, Art and Thought on the Holy Mountain of Athos, 2nd edition, Belmont, Massachusetts: Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 1975
Capuani/Paparozzi: Athos – 1999 Chariton, Monk, Maties ston Atho/Images of Athos, Mount Athos, 1997 [text in Greek and English] new
Costa, da, Fabian – Florilège du Mont Athos, 6-5-2005, 276 p. French, ISBN : 2750900409
Choukas, Michael, Black Angels of Athos, London, 1935
Covel, John, Some Account of the Present Greek Church, with Reflections on their Present Doctrine and Discipline, 1722
Curzon, George Nathaniel, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, “Monasteries of the Levant†in his Leaves from a Viceroy’s Note-book and other Papers, 1926; as A Viceroy’s India, edited by Peter King, 1984. The author follows in the footsteps of his relative Robert.
Dafis, S. e.a., Nature and natural Environment in Mount Athos, ThessalonÃki 1997, pp 61 (Treasures of Mount Athos exhibit)
Dalrymple, William, “The Monastery of Iviron, Mount Athos, Greece, 29 June 1994: The Feast of SS Peter and Paul†in his From the Holy Mountain: A Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium, 1997; as From the Holy Mountain: A Journey among the Christians of the Middle East, 1998
Dapontes, Konstantinos, Kepos Chariton [Garden of the Graces], 1880. Dapontes settled as a monk on Mount Athos in the mid-18th century. Dawkins, R.M., The Monks of Athos, London, 1936
Dawkins, R.M. – The Monks of Athos, 1936
Deroko, Alexander, Athos (Serbian)
Dölger,F., Mönchland Athos, München, 1943
Eller, Karl, Der Heilige Berg Athos, München, 1954
Fallmerayer, Jakob Philipp, Hagion Oros, oder Der Heilige Berg Athos [The Agion Oros, or the Holy Mountain Athos], edited by Franz Hieronymus Riedl, 1978
Feig
l, Erich, Athos Vorhölle zum Paradies, Wien/Hamburg, 1982 (German)
Fennel, Nicholas, The Russians on Athos, Peter Lang, 2001
Friedlander, Richard John: Paradise Besieged: A Journey to Medieval Mount Athos at the Dawn of the Information Age, August 6, 2007, Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
I.M. Filothéou (ed), Athonikes Stigmes (Moments of Athos), Agion Oros 1994, pp 205 (bijzonder fotoboek in groot formaat) Gabriel (Gavriil) Filotheïtis, monachos, Athos, Beauty and Grace (Kállos ke Cháris), ThessalonÃki 2004, pp 190 (tekst Grieks en Engels, zeer mooi kijkboek)
Gedeon, Manouel Ioannes, O Athos: Anamniseis — Eggrapha — Simeioseis [Athos: Memories — Documents — Notes], Constantinople, 1885; reprinted, Athens, 1990
Geldermans, Raymond: Athos, ark der orthodoxie, Pokrof 49(2002)10-12 (Dutch)
Georgirenes, Joseph, A Description of the Present State of Samos, Nicaria, Patmos, and Mount Athos, translated by Henry Denton, 1678
Gothóni, René, Paradise within Reach: Monasticism and Pilgrimage on Mt Athos, Helsinki: Helsinki University Press, 1993
Gothóni, René, The Monastic Magnet: Roads to and from Mount Athos /Graham Speake (Editor), march 2008
Gothóni, René, Tales and Truth: Pilgrimage on Mount Athos Past and Present, Helsinki: Helsinki University Press, 1994
Grassi, Emanuele, Berg Athos, Eine Pilgerfahrt zum Berg der Asketen, 1981 (German)
Greeve, H. de, Athos, een inleiding, Amsterdam, 1967 (Dutch)
Gullman, Sven H., Athos: det Heliga berget (Skellefteå, 2004) (Swedish)
Harper, Ralph, Journey from paradise Mt Athos and the interior life, 1987
Hasluck, F.W. (editor), “The First English Traveller’s Account of Athos (1677)â€, Annual of the British School at Athens, 17 (1910[-]11): 103[-]31
Hagioritis, Andreas, Guide du Mont Athos, ??? Hasluck, F.W., Athos and its Monasteries, 1924
Hellier, Ch., Athos, The Holy Mountain, in: Monasteries of Greece, London 1996, pp 95-171 (groot formaat, prachtige foto’s)
Hokwerda, Hero: Athos, van verval tot nieuwe bloei, Lychnari 3(1993)23-24 (Dutch)
Huber, P. Athos – Lebe, Glaube, Kunst, Zurich, 1969 (German)
Huber, P, Athos. Wundertätige Ikonen, Stuttgart ca 1980, pp 50 (German)
Hunink, Vincent: Nieuwe tijden op Athos, Streven 65(1998)597-609 (Dutch)
Hyman, Susan (editor), Edward Lear in the Levant: Travels in Albania, Greece and Turkey in Europe, 1848[-]1849, London: John Murray, 1988
Kadas, Sotiris, Mount Athos: An Illustrated Guide to the Monasteries and their History, translated by Louise Turner, Athens: Ekdotike Athenon, 1979 Karakatsanis, Athanasios (editor), Treasures of Mount Athos, Thessaloniki: Museum of Byzantine Culture and Holy Community of Mount Athos, 1997 [exhibition catalogue] A massive and scholarly treasury of all aspects of the arts of Mount Athos, with historical introduction and bibliography.
Kästner, Erhart, Die Stundentrommel vom Heiligen Berg Athos, Wiesbaden, 1956 [The Beating of the Hours on the Holy Mountain Athos], 1956; as Mount Athos: The Call from Sleep, translated by Barry Sullivan, 1961
Kazantzakis, Nikos, Anaphora ston Gkreko: Myth istorema, 1961; as Report to Greco, translated by P.A. Bien, 1965
Kinnet, Alex: Verslag verblijf op de Agion Oros/Heilige Berg Athos (september 2000), Eikonikon 71(2001)15-18 (Dutch)
Köppen, W. Wo die Welt vergessen wird, Mainz, 1981(German)
Khitrovo, Sofiya, Itinéraires russes en Orient, 1889 Accounts by Russian travellers from the 14th to the 16th century, starting with Ignatius of Smolensk.
Koutoumános, I., Athos…wie der Himmel es sieht (opos to vlepi …o ouranos), Athen 1994, pp 51 (aerials from all monasteries, text in Greek, German and English)
Kuhlman, Rolf, Der Athos auf der Spuren einer Faszination, 2003 Lafontaine, Marc, Le Mont Athos, 1995 (German)
Langlois, Victor, Le Mont Athos et ses monastères, Paris: Didot, 1867. The complete book is online.
Leake, William Martin, Travels in Northern Greece, vol. 3, 1835 Lecq, J.B. van der: Athos herbeleefd, Sjofar 31(2003)9-11, 32(2003)9-10
Loch, Joyce Nankivell, A Fringe of Blue: An Autobiography, 1968
Loch, Sydney, Athos: The Holy Mountain, 1957
Loon, Wim van: Bezoek aan de Heilige Berg Athos, Op weg 49(1995)3, Bezoek aan de Heilige Berg Athos: een impressie, Eikonikon 77(2002)16-17, Katastrofale brand op Athos, Eikonikon 84(2004)5-6, Weerzien met Athos en de ikoon Axion EstÃ, Eikonikon 85 (2004)3, Een cel op de Heilige Berg Athos: Vader EfthÃmios en de Heilige Artemios, Eikonikon 93(2006)10-11 (Dutch)
Loving, G.G.: Mt. Athos Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow – 1982)
Lyttle, Douglas Demetrios: Miracle on the Monastery Mountain, 2004
M. le Comte. B. DE NADAILLAC, LE MONT ATHOS
Markides, Kyriakos: The Mountain of Silence, Image (Doubleday), New York, NY, 2001
Masmeijer, Pieter: Athos en de wereld, een impressie, Eikonikon 38(1994)11 (Dutch)
Martin, Michael E., “Some Western Images of Athos in Early Modern Times, c. 1554[-]1678â€, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 22 (1998): 51[-]74
Merrill, Christopher, Things of the Hidden God: Journey to the Holy Mountain April 19, 2004)
Millet, Gabriel, Monuments de l’Athos, vol. 1: Les Peintures, Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1927 (French)
Mondadori, Monte Athos, 1982
Morritt, John B.S., The Letters of John B.S. Morritt of Rokeby, Descriptive of Journeys in Europe and Asia Minor in the Years 1794[-]6, edited by G.E. Marindin, 1914
Müller, Andreas, Berg Athos – Geschichte einer Mönchrepublik, 2005 (German)
Müller, Norbert M., Der Heilige Berg Athos “By Fair Means” okt 2010 (German)
Mylonas, Paul M.: Atlas of Mount Athos / Bildlexikon des Heiligen Berges Athos (2000) publisher Wasmuth. (3 lexicons)
Mylonas, Paul M.: Athos and its Monastic Institutions through old engravings and other work of art – 1963
Mylonas, Paul M.: Le catholicon of Kutlumus Athos – 1994
Nicephore, Hieromonk, The holy Mo
untain Athos, Skiti Mikra Anna, 2003 Noakes, Vivien (editor),
Edward Lear: Selected Letters, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988
Norwich John Julius and Reresby Sitwell: Mount Athos Photographs by the authors and A. Costa. New York: Harper & Row, 1966 (also see 1107)
Papantoniou, Zacharias, Hagion Oros [The Holy Mountain], 1934
Pennington, M. Basil: The Monks of Mount Athos, 1978
Perk, Nico van der: Christoforos. Een diaconale ikoon op Athos, Eikonikon 91(2006)8-9 (Dutch)
Perilla, F. Le Mont Athos 1927
Pohl, Gerhart, Wanderungen auf dem Athos, 1961, Berlin, Stuttgart, Lettner
Proust, M.A., Voyage au Mont Athos, 1858
Provatakis, Theocharis, Mount Athos, History – Tradition – Tourism, Thessaloniki, ?
Riley, Athelstan, Athos, or the Mountain of the Monks, 1887 the complete text here!
Rocha, Luis: Mount Athos, A Journey of Self-Discovery, February 26, 2009
Rycaut, Sir Paul, The Present State of the Greek and Armenian Churches, Anno Christi 1678, 1679; reprinted, 1970
Sandys, George, A Relation of a Journey begun An. Dom. 1610, 1615 NEW
Santarelli, Armando, La montagna di Dio. Un viaggio spirituale al Monte Athos. 2009. Publisher: Rubbettino, 150 pages. ISBN: 978-88-498-2283-0
Sherrard, Philip, Athos, the Mountain of Silence, with colour photos by Paul du Marchie van Voorthuysen, 1960 (also in German: Der Berg des Schweigens – 1959)
Sherrard, Philip, Athos: The Holy Mountain, photos by Takis Zervoulakos, 1982 The most penetrating of recent interpreters according to an unknown reader.
Sibthorp, John, J.E. Smith, and John Lindley, Flora Graeca, 10 vols, 1806[-]40 This is one of the rarest Flora in existence. Vols 2 (1813) and 8 (1832) contain coloured engravings of Mount Athos as frontispieces. See also nrs. 332 + 338 on this log.
Smyrnakis, Gerasimos, To Agion Oros [The Holy Mountain], Athens, 1903; reprinted, Karyes: Panselinos, 1988
Speake, Graham: ~Renewal in Paradise, 2002, Yale University Press Spencer, Matthew, Athos, Travels on the Holy Mountain 2000
Spitzing, Günter “Athos”, 1990
Spunda, Franz: Legenden und Fresken vom Berg Athos. Stuttgart: J.F. Steinkopf, 1962.
Starez Siluan, Mönch vom Berg Athos, Sein leben und seine Lehre – Klassiker der Meditation, 2007 (German)
Stergioulis, Vasilis Ch., Pelgrim op Athos, de Heilige Berg, 1985 (translated in Dutch 2009)
Stockiner/Strippelmann, Die Mönche vom Heilgen Berg – 2001
Talbot Rice, David, “The Monasteries of Mount Athosâ€, Antiquity, 2/4 (December 1928): 443[-]51
Theunissen, W.P., Monnikenrepubliek van den Berg Athos, Den Haag, 1944 (Dutch)
Theunissen, W.P, Op de heilige Berg Athos, 1965 (Dutch)
Theunissen, W.P. en J. Hartog, De Heilige Berg, Rotterdam 1951, pp 256 Theotokas, Yorgas, Een reisverslag van Athos, 1961, trans. in Dutch 1990 (Dutch)
Thomas, W.B. – Dare to be free – 1955
Tozer, Henry Fanshawe, Researches in the Highlands of Turkey, vol. 1, 1869
The Treasures of Mount Athos – Illuminated Manuscripts – Ekdotike Athenon S. A. Volume 1 published in 1974 and volume 2 in 1975.
Trumler, G., Athos. The Holy Mountain, Athens 1994, pp 195 (fine photobook in big size)
Trumler, G. Athos, Heilige Berg – Berg der Heiligen, 2009, Brandstatter
Ulrich, Kadelbach, Mit Kazantzakis auf den Athos, Kretische Spuren, 2006
Valentin, Jacques: The Monks of Mount Athos, 1960
Various authors: Le Tour du Monde; Athos, Journal des voyages et des voyageurs; 2. sem. 1860
Vasssiliadis, Anastasios: Halkidiki, Athos, Petralona (German)
Veen, ter Koert, Athos, monnikeneiland, 2001
Verheijen, Ton: Athos, waar de de tijd al tien eeuwen stil staat, Griekenland Magazine, herfst(2004)18-25 (Dutch)
Vogue, de E.M. – Syrie, Palestine, Mont Athos: Voyage aux payes du passé – 1887
Vorbach, Hans, Licht vom heiligen Berg Athos, 2009, Christiana Verlag
Walpole, Robert (editor), Memoirs Relating to European and Asiatic Turkey, edited from manuscript journals, 1817 (full text on Google books)
Walpole’s compilation, confusingly edited, contains extracts from the papers of Dr Philip Hunt and letters from Professor Carlyle recounting their 1801 visit to Athos and investigations of libraries and manuscript holdings. It also includes a few short extracts from the journals of John Sibthorp.
Ware, Timothy,(Kallistos): The Orthodox Church, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1963; 2nd revised edition, 1993 The standard work for English speakers.
Wittig, M.A., Athos. Der Heilige Berg von Byzanz, Würzburg 1990, pp 135
Zimbardo, Xavier, Monks of Dust: The Holy Men of Mount Athos, 2001
Zembylas, Tasos, Die Mönchrepublik Athos – Eine spirituelle Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
Zwerger, Rheinhold, Wege am Athos, 2005. (also here)
(140 books/manuscripts- 3/1/11)
Another interesting article found on the internet: Doolaard, A. den “Athos: eiland van stilte” in: Katholieke Illustratie, 19 december 1959 (nr. 51), p. 43-47, met foto’s van Cas Oorthuys. Who has a copy ?
Wim
The first book in Swedish about Mount Athos:
Gullman, Sven H., Athos: det Heliga berget (Skellefteå, 2004). See my home page with information and pictures: http://svenhgullman.nu
I write articles about the Serbian monastery Hilandar (ChilandarÃou) in the Swedish-Serbian revue Diaspora. I have visited the Holy mountain 10 times from 1997.