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Christian Monuments of Cyrenaica publishes archaeological studies
undertaken between 1953 and 1971 by the late J. B. Ward-Perkins (d.
1981) and the late R. G. Goodchild (d. 1968). It presents
Ward-Perkins accounts (mostly left in advanced draft form) of 44
monuments, 35 of them certainly churches, together with plans of
each made by professional architects after survey on the ground,
drawings of some details and a considerable number of photographs,
together with a draft overview of the buildings techniques used.
Colleagues have provided introductory notes on other major features
of the buildings and drawn attention to some of the problems that
they raise. They have also added a brief account of other Christian
buildings reported since Ward-Perkins' last visit to Cyrenaica,
both in Cyrenaica itself, the late antique province of Libya
Superior, and in that area of the Western Desert which formed the
closely-related province of Libya Inferior. The detailed evidence
collected here represents a basis for the study of late antique and
early Byzantine Cyrenaica of a quality and extent that has never
been available before; and is all the more important because time
and chance have now damaged some of that evidence. It also gives a
quite up-to-date, although very summary account of new evidence
awaiting serious study; which, we may hope, will lead to further
advances in our understanding of the late antique and early
Byzantine periods.
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