The Early Byzantine Christian Church - An Archaeological Re-assessment of Forty-Seven Early Byzantine Basilical Church Excavations Primarily in Israel and Jordan, and their Historical and Liturgical Context (Paperback, New edition)

The observation that domestic artefacts are often recovered during church excavations led to an archaeological re-assessment of forty-seven Early Byzantine basilical church excavations and their historical, gender and liturgical context. The excavations were restricted to the three most common basilical church plans to allow for like-for-like analysis between sites that share the same plan: monoapsidal, inscribed and triapsidal. These sites were later found to have two distinct sanctuary configurations, namely a -shaped sanctuary in front of the apse, or else a sanctuary that extended across both side aisles that often formed a characteristic T-shaped layout. Further analysis indicated that -shaped sanctuaries are found in two church plans: firstly a protruding monoapsidal plan that characteristically has a major entrance located to either side of the apse, which is also referred to as a 'Constantinopolitan' church plan; and secondly in the inscribed plan, which is also referred to as a 'Syrian' church plan. The T-shaped layout is characteristic of the triapsidal plan, but can also occur in a monoapsidal plan, and this is referred to as a 'Roman' church plan. Detailed analysis of inscriptions and patterns of artefactual deposition also revealed the probable location of the diakonikon where the rite of prothesis took place.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Byzantine and Neohellenic Studies, 9
Release date:	February 2014
First published:	2014
Authors:	Bernard Mulholland
Dimensions:	225 x 150 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	234
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-431709-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Early Church Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > European archaeology > Medieval European archaeology Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian sacred works & liturgy > Liturgy > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Early Church Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian sacred works & liturgy > Liturgy > General Books > Christianity > Early Church
LSN:	3-03-431709-3
Barcode:	9783034317092

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