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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Format: eBook
Language: English
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Boston :
Brill,
2018.
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Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity
13.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353275.
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Call Number: BX663
- 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.