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This book is dedicated to an outstanding architectural monument of medieval Armenia - the church of the Holy Cross, built in the tenth century on the island of Alt'amar on Lake Van, and a UNESCO world heritage site. This jewel of architecture has been researched mainly from an art historical perspective. The current multi-author volume offers diverse studies aimed at placing the construction of the church in its proper historical, political, religious, and spiritual context. It explores the intellectual climate in the Kingdom of Vaspurakan during the reign of its founder, King Gagik Arcruni, the Kingdom’s relations with Byzantium and the Abbasids, analyzes local historiography, biblical exegesis, hagiography, veneration of the True Cross, and royal ideology. Novel interpretations of architectural features and sculptural decorations close the volume.
Le livre est consacre a l'un des plus importants monuments architecturaux de l'Armenie medievale, l'eglise de la Sainte-Croix construite au Xe siecle sur l'ile d'Alt'amar sur le lac de Van. Elle est inscrite sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO. Ce joyau de l'architecture armenienne a ete etudie principalement dans la perspective de l'histoire de l'art. Le present volume multi-auteurs propose une diversite d'approches qui placent la construction de cette eglise dans le contexte historique, politique, religieux et spirituel. Il etudie l'ambiance intellectuelle du Royaume du Vaspurakan durant le regne de son fondateur, le roi Gagik Arcruni, les relations du Royaume avec Byzance et les Abbassides, il analyse l'historiographie locale, l'exegese biblique, l'hagiographie, le culte de la Vraie Croix et l'ideologie royale. De nouvelles interpretations des particularites architecturales et des decors sculptes achevent le volume.
Contributors are Krikor Beledian, Jean-Claude Cheynet, Patrick Donabedian, Bernard Flusin, Tim Greenwood, Gohar Grigoryan, Armen Kazaryan, Davit Kertmenjyan, Sergio La Porta, Jean-Pierre Mahe, Zaroui Pogossian, Robert Thomson (), Alison Vacca, Edda Vardanyan.
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This book is dedicated to an outstanding architectural monument of medieval Armenia - the church of the Holy Cross, built in the tenth century on the island of Alt'amar on Lake Van, and a UNESCO world heritage site. This jewel of architecture has been researched mainly from an art historical perspective. The current multi-author volume offers diverse studies aimed at placing the construction of the church in its proper historical, political, religious, and spiritual context. It explores the intellectual climate in the Kingdom of Vaspurakan during the reign of its founder, King Gagik Arcruni, the Kingdom’s relations with Byzantium and the Abbasids, analyzes local historiography, biblical exegesis, hagiography, veneration of the True Cross, and royal ideology. Novel interpretations of architectural features and sculptural decorations close the volume.
Le livre est consacre a l'un des plus importants monuments architecturaux de l'Armenie medievale, l'eglise de la Sainte-Croix construite au Xe siecle sur l'ile d'Alt'amar sur le lac de Van. Elle est inscrite sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO. Ce joyau de l'architecture armenienne a ete etudie principalement dans la perspective de l'histoire de l'art. Le present volume multi-auteurs propose une diversite d'approches qui placent la construction de cette eglise dans le contexte historique, politique, religieux et spirituel. Il etudie l'ambiance intellectuelle du Royaume du Vaspurakan durant le regne de son fondateur, le roi Gagik Arcruni, les relations du Royaume avec Byzance et les Abbassides, il analyse l'historiographie locale, l'exegese biblique, l'hagiographie, le culte de la Vraie Croix et l'ideologie royale. De nouvelles interpretations des particularites architecturales et des decors sculptes achevent le volume.
Contributors are Krikor Beledian, Jean-Claude Cheynet, Patrick Donabedian, Bernard Flusin, Tim Greenwood, Gohar Grigoryan, Armen Kazaryan, Davit Kertmenjyan, Sergio La Porta, Jean-Pierre Mahe, Zaroui Pogossian, Robert Thomson (), Alison Vacca, Edda Vardanyan.