Visual Culture in Medieval Syriac Traditions
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Edited by:
Emily Chesley
About this book
Although spread across the globe from North Africa to China, the visual culture of Syriac Christian communities remains to be fully integrated into art historical studies. Showcasing the breadth of their arts and material culture, Visual Culture in Medieval Syriac Traditions both situates the field of Syriac art and explores the artistic networks and influences of Syriac churches across the Middle East and Asia, ca. 5th–13th centuries.
Church wall paintings, monumental architecture, burial sites, illuminated manuscripts, liturgical silver, and more provide windows into medieval Syriac communities. This volume analyzes how their visual trends spread and how those arts were shaped by the religious, political, and cultural contexts into which they arrived. It considers how artisans engaged with local traditions, where theological identity was or was not explored in material production, and when multi-church cooperation superseded doctrinal differences. By studying the networks of art and artisans in an increasingly interconnected medieval world, this publication also highlights an understudied field of visual culture and introduces new sources to medieval art history.
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Frontmatter
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Acknowledgements
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Contents
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List of Contributors
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Editorial Choices
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Map of Selected Syriac Sites
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Introduction: Interconnected Artistic Networks of Medieval Syriac Christianity
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Syriac Iconography: How a “Provincial” Style Came to Encompass Asia
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Syriac Art and Identity: The Decoration of Medieval Churches in Lebanon and Syria
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The Architectural Environment at Qalʿat Simʿān in Late Antiquity: The State of Research and Future Prospects for a Syriac Pilgrimage Site
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“A Haven for the Orthodox in Jerusalem”: The Monastery of Mary Magdalene in the Sacred Landscape of Frankish Jerusalem
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The Newly Discovered Paintings in the Dome Over the Sanctuary in Deir al-Surian
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Syriac Funerary Art and Ritual In Kazakhstan and Xinjiang (China)
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Locating The Xi’an Stele On the Four-Hundredth Anniversary of its Discovery
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“Even the Prostitute Eats of It”: An East Syriac Vision of the Eucharist
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Anonymous Angels: Angelology in Syriac Orthodox Miniatures
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Index
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