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| ISBN: | 9789047443230
9047443233
9789004167087
9004167080
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| Digital file characteristics: | text file
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-351) and index.
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| 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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| Other form: | Print version: Halbertsma, Tjalling, 1969- Early Christian remains of Inner Mongolia. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008 9789004167087
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