ISBN:
9789047443230
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxix, 356 p)
,
ill., maps
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25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Sinica Leidensia v. 88
Series Statement:
Brill eBook titles 2008
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Halbertsma, Tjalling H. F., 1969 - Early Christian remains of Inner Mongolia
DDC:
275.1/77
Keywords:
Christianity
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Christianity
;
Excavations (Archaeology)
;
Nestorians History
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Nestorians
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Christianity China
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Inner Mongolia
;
Christian antiquities China
;
Inner Mongolia
;
Nestorians China
;
Inner Mongolia
;
Inner Mongolia (China) Antiquities
;
Electronic books
;
Innere Mongolei
;
Nestorianer
Abstract:
The early Christian presence in Inner Mongolia forms the subject of this book. These Nestorian remains must primarily be attributed to the Ongut, a Turkic people closely allied to the Mongols. Writing in Syriac, Uighur and Chinese scripts and languages, the Nestorian Ongut drew upon a variety of religions and cultures to decorate their gravestones with crosses rising from lotus flowers, dragons and Taoist imagery. This heritage also portrays designs found in the Islamic world. Taking a closer look at the discovery of this material and its significance for the study of the early Church of the E
Description / Table of Contents:
List of maps, figures and plates; List of appendices; Acknowledgements; Note on names, spelling and illustrations; Introduction; PART ONE TIME AND PLACE; Chapter One On the term 'Nestorianism' and the early Chinese terms for Christianity; Chapter Two Medieval envoys connecting Europe and the Mongol empire; Chapter Three Nestorian Christians in Central Asia and China in the Mongol era; PART TWO DISCOVERY AND DOCUMENTATION OF NESTORIAN REMAINS IN INNER MONGOLIA; Chapter Four Foreign discovery and documentation of Nestorian remains in Inner Mongolia before 1949
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter Five Discovery and documentation of Nestorian remains in Inner Mongolia after 1949PART THREE RECONSTRUCTION AND CONTEXTUALIZATION OF NESTORIAN REMAINS IN INNER MONGOLIA; Chapter Six Nestorian city remains from Inner Mongolia; Chapter Seven Nestorian grave sites and grave material from Inner Mongolia; Chapter Eight Characteristics of Nestorian grave material from Inner Mongolia; PART FOUR APPROPRIATION OF NESTORIAN HERITAGE FROM INNER MONGOLIA; Chapter Nine Physical appropriation of Nestorian heritage by settlers; Chapter Ten Mongolian appropriation of Nestorian sites and objects
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter Eleven Appropriation of Nestorian heritage by missionaries and fi eld researchersConclusion; Summary; Appendices; Bibliography; Index (Colour Plates)
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-351) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004167087.i-356
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