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Architecture and asceticism : cultural interaction between Syria and Georgia in late antiquity /

In Architecture and Asceticism Loosley Leeming presents the first interdisciplinary exploration of Late Antique Syrian-Georgian relations available in English. The author takes an inter-disciplinary approach and examines the question from archaeological, art historical, historical, literary and theo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Loosley, Emma (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Brill, 2018.
Colección:Texts and studies in Eastern Christianity ; 13.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page
  • Preface
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Defining the Geographical and Historical Parameters of This Study
  • Syrians, Assyrians, Orthodox, Chalcedonians and Monophysites or Non-Chalcedonians: The Problems of Identifying the Thirteen Fathers
  • A Parallel Evolution? Issues in Vernacular Architecture and the Development of Church Building in Syria and Georgia
  • The Mystery of the Missing Objects: Do Archaeological Artefacts and Liturgical Objects Support the Story of (As)Syrians in Kartli?
  • Symeon and His Followers: Stylitism as a Cultural Trend between Syria and Georgia
  • The Evidence Written in Stone: An Evaluation of the Relationship (or Not) of Syrian and Georgian Ecclesiastical Architecture
  • The Syrian bema and the Georgian Pre-altar Cross: A Comparison of the Liturgical Furnishings of the Nave in the Two Traditions
  • An Argument from Silence: The Differing Evidence in the Syriac and Georgian Language Sources
  • The Unknown Factors: Evidence from the Cave Monasteries and the Significance of Georgian Vernacular Religion as a Relic of Earlier Ritual Practices
  • Conclusion
  • Back Matter
  • Bibliography
  • Index.