The Book of Monasteries / / al-Shābushtī; ed. by Hilary Kilpatrick.
A literary tour of Christian monasteries of the medieval Middle EastThe Book of Monasteries takes readers on an engaging tour of the monastic centers of the medieval Middle East, illustrated with a rich variety of poetry and prose. Starting with monasteries in Baghdad, readers are taken up the Tigri...
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