Church Architecture of Late Antique Northern Mesopotamia

Cover
Church Architecture of Late Antique Northern Mesopotamia
Copyright
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Figures
	1. Introduction
	2. Cities
		Nisibis
		Edessa
		Amida
		Dara/Anastasiopolis
		Martyropolis
		Constantia
	3. Tur ʿAbdin
		Villages
		Monasteries
	4. Epilogue
1: Introduction
	1.1 Northern Mesopotamia as a Frontier Region
	1.2 Christological Debates
	1.3 After the Arab Conquest
	1.4 Research on the Region
2: Cities and Their Churches
	2.1 Introduction
	2.2 Nisibis
		2.2.1 The Baptistery
			2.2.1.1 Analysis and Reconstructions of the Baptistery
		2.2.2 The Cathedral
		2.2.3 Around Nisibis
	2.3 Edessa
		2.3.1 Hagia Sophia
		2.3.2 Around Edessa
	2.4 Amida
		2.4.1 Great Mosque
		2.4.2 Church of Yoldath Aloho
		2.4.3 Church of St. Cosmas
		2.4.4 Church of St. George
		2.4.5 Around Amida
	2.5 Dara/Anastasiopolis
		2.5.1 Building with Mosaics
		2.5.2 Cathedral
		2.5.3 Church of St. Bartholomew
		2.5.4 Around Dara
	2.6 Martyropolis
		2.6.1 The Basilica
		2.6.2 The Church of Yoldath Aloho
	2.7 Constantia
		2.7.1 The Octagon
		2.7.2 Around Constantia
			2.7.2.1 North of Constantia
			2.7.2.2 South of Constantia and the Tektek Mountains
3: Tur ʿAbdin
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 Villages
		3.2.1 Settlement Features
		3.2.2 Village (Hall-type) Churches
			3.2.2.1 Engaged Arcades
			3.2.2.2 Masonry
			3.2.2.3 Brickwork
			3.2.2.4 Architectural Sculpture
			3.2.2.5 Bēth slutho
			3.2.2.6 Rebuilding and Dating
	3.3 Monasteries
		3.3.1 Architectural Features
			3.3.1.1 Monastic Walls and Sizes of the Monasteries
			3.3.1.2 Towers for Watching or Recluses
			3.3.1.3 The Bēth qadishe
		3.3.2 The Churches of the Monasteries
			3.3.2.1 Mor Yaʿqub at Sālah
			3.3.2.2 The Main Church of the Monastery of Mor Gabriel
			3.3.2.3 The Church of Mor H
 ananyo at Dayr al-Zaʿfarān
			3.3.2.4 Secondary Churches of the Monasteries
			3.3.2.5 Possible Origins and the Transformation of the Transverse-hall Plan
			3.3.2.6 The Church of Yoldath Aloho at Hāh
4: Epilogue
	4.1 Before the Arab Conquest
		4.1.1 Church Plans
		4.1.2 Building Materials and Techniques
		4.1.3 Decoration
		4.1.4 Builders and Patrons
		4.1.5 Language of Inscriptions and Denomination of Churches
	4.2 After the Arab Conquest: Continuities and Change
		4.2.1 Cities
		4.2.2 Tur ʿAbdin
		4.2.3 Decoration
		4.2.4 Builders and Patrons
		4.2.5 Communal Identity
Postscript
Bibliography
	Abbreviations
	Primary Sources and Translations
	Secondary Literature
Index