19 DECEMBER 1987, page 75

Portraits Of The Virgin Mary

Patrick Skene Catling THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN edited by Bruce Bernard Macdonald Orbis, £30 B nice Bernard has produced an exem- plary art book that is itself a work of art. He has......

The Passion And The Twaddle

John Julius Norwich THE BYZANTINE ACHIEVEMENT by Robert Byron Routledge & Kegan Paul, £19.95 I must begin by declaring an interest: of all the books that I have ever read, this......