Early Christian Remains of Inner Mongolia
Early Christian Remains of Inner Mongolia
副标题: Discovery, Reconstruction and Appropriation
ISBN: 9789004167087
出版社: Brill Academic Pub
出版年: 2008-8-15
页数: 356
定价: USD 185.00
装帧: Hardcover
内容简介
The early Christian presence in Inner Mongolia forms the subject of this book. These Nestorian remains must primarily be attributed to the ?ngüt, a Turkic people closely allied to the Mongols. Writing in Syriac, Uighur and Chinese scripts and languages, the Nestorian ?ngüt 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 East under the Mongols, the author reconstructs the Nestorian culture of the ?ngüt.
The reader will find many newly discovered objects not published before. At the same time this study demonstrates how many remaining objects were appopriated and, in many cases, vanished after their discovery.
作者简介
Tjalling Halbertsma, Ph.D. (2007) in the Arts, University of Leiden, has worked as an advisor to the President of Mongolia. His documentation of Nestorian objects from Inner Mongolia has been published by Monumenta Serica.