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1 online resource (xxix, 356 pages, 51? leaves of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Sinica Leidensia,
0169-9563 ;
v. 88
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Sinica Leidensia ; v. 88.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-351) and index. |
Contents |
List of maps, fi gures 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. |
Summary |
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. |
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Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Christianity -- China -- Inner Mongolia.
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Christianity. |
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China -- Inner Mongolia. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Halbertsma, Tjalling, 1969- Early Christian remains of Inner Mongolia. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008 9789004167087 (DLC) 2008021215 (OCoLC)228300835 |
ISBN |
9789047443230 (electronic book) |
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9047443233 (electronic book) |
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9789004167087 |
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9004167080 |
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