Architecture and asceticism : : cultural interaction between Syria and Georgia in late antiquity / / by Emma Loosley Leeming.
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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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston : : Brill,, 2018. |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.