Introduction: Interconnected Artistic Networks of Medieval Syriac Christianity

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements
3. Contents VII
4. List of Contributors IX
5. Editorial Choices XI
6. Map of Selected Syriac Sites XII
7. Part 1: Framing a Field
8. Introduction: Interconnected Artistic Networks of Medieval Syriac Christianity 1
9. Syriac Iconography: How a “Provincial” Style Came to Encompass Asia 63
10. Syriac Art and Identity: The Decoration of Medieval Churches in Lebanon and Syria 97
11. Part 2: Interconnections of Syriac Art
12. The Architectural Environment at Qalʿat Simʿān in Late Antiquity: The State of Research and Future Prospects for a Syriac Pilgrimage Site 133
13. “A Haven for the Orthodox in Jerusalem”: The Monastery of Mary Magdalene in the Sacred Landscape of Frankish Jerusalem 201
14. The Newly Discovered Paintings in the Dome Over the Sanctuary in Deir al-Surian 225
15. Cross Iconography
16. Syriac Funerary Art and Ritual In Kazakhstan and Xinjiang (China) 261
17. Locating The Xi’an Stele On the Four-Hundredth Anniversary of its Discovery 325
18. Manuscript Illumination
19. “Even the Prostitute Eats of It”: An East Syriac Vision of the Eucharist 389
20. Anonymous Angels: Angelology in Syriac Orthodox Miniatures 427
21. Index