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Silk Road Studies, vol. 10
From Palmyra to Zayton: Epigraphy and Iconography
Iain Gardner, Sam N.C. Lieu, Ken Parry
- Pages: 278 p.
- Size:160 x 240 mm
- Illustrations:26 col.
- Language(s):English
- Publication Year:2005
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- ISBN: 978-2-503-51883-1
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- ISBN: 978-2-503-57386-1
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Review(s)
"Fortunately we may look forward to more publications from the Macquarie scholars to further facilitate research in the multifarious documentation from the Near and Central Eastern lands." (Ted Kaizer, in: Journal of Roman Studies, 100 (2010), p. 341-342)
Summary
This volume highlights research by
Australian scholars on two major Silk Road cities: Palmyra in Syria -
long regarded as the finest example of a "Caravan City" - and
Quanzhou (Zayton) in South China which was the destination of the main
Maritime Silk Road between Medieval China and the Middle East. The
volume exhibits for the first time in a western language publication
and in full colour the unique iconography of the Nestorian Christian
community in South China under Mongol rule. This material is virtually
unknown to western scholars and will be of major importance to the
study of the eastward diffusion of Christianity and of East-West
contact in the period of Marco Polo. The volume also contains one of
the largest collections of Palmyrene inscriptions (Aramaic, Greek,
Latin and Hebrew) in English translations with accompanying original
texts and detailed analytical indices. The selection focuses on
politics and trade but also gives representative texts of almost all
genres of Palmyrene inscriptions. The volume should prove indispensable
to scholars of East-West contacts and of Roman History given the role
played by Palmyra under Zenobia in the Crisis of the Third
Century.