Church Architecture of Late Antique Northern Mesopotamia

This book examines the church architecture of Northern Mesopotamia between the fourth and eighth centuries. Keser Kayaalp employs archaeological and epigraphical evidence with hagiographical sources to present a holistic picture of the church architecture of this frontier region.

Table des matières

• 1: Introduction


• 2: Cities and their Churches


• 3: ¿ur 'Abdin


• 4: Epilogue


• Postscript

A propos de l'auteur

Elif Keser Kayaalp is an Associate Professor at Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir since 2015. Prior to that, she held a post at Mardin Artuklu University between 2012 and 2015. She received her doctorate from the University of Oxford in March 2009. She was awarded post-doctoral grants from Turkish Cultural Foundation, American Research Institute in Turkey, and Research Center of Anatolian Civilisations at Koç University. She also received a Georg Forster Research Fellowship for experienced researchers from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and did research at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich in the summers between 2015-2017.

Résumé

This book examines the church architecture of Northern Mesopotamia between the fourth and eighth centuries. Keser Kayaalp employs archaeological and epigraphical evidence with hagiographical sources to present a holistic picture of the church architecture of this frontier region.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Elif Keser Kayaalp, Elif (Associate Professor Keser Kayaalp, Elif (Dokuz Eylul University) Keser Kayaalp
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9780198864936
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886493-6
• Pages: 298
• Thème: Oxford Studies in Byzantium
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Architecture; HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Religious, Christianity, CE period up to c 1500, History of Religion, Middle Eastern history, Ancient History, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Religious buildings, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Architecture: religious buildings