The Thousand and One Churches - Hardcover

Ramsay, William M.; Bell, Gertrude L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1934536059 ISBN 13: 9781934536056

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2008

Synopsis

Published in 1909 and long out of print, The Thousand and One Churches remains a seminal study of the postclassical monuments of Anatolia. Now a new generation of readers can learn of the extensive remains of the sprawling early Christian site known as Binbirkilise ("Thousand and One Churches," near Konya), excavated by Ramsay and Bell in 1907. The book provides extensive analysis of other early Christian and Byzantine sites across Anatolia that Bell visited at that time. Because many of the monuments have long since disappeared, this documentation is now invaluable, and Bell's extensive photographs provide a unique view of travel and archaeology more than a century ago.

For this new edition more than 250 high-quality digitized images from the Gertrude Bell Archive at Newcastle University (UK) replace the original illustrations, and the editors' Foreword lays out the historical and cultural context for the undertaking. Ousterhout and Jackson recount the lives and careers of the two authors and the tale of their collaboration on the excavation and subsequent book.

Publication of this volume was supported by a grant from the Joukowsky Family Foundation.

About this title

Book Description

First published in 1909, this book was written by eminent scholars and archaeologists Sir William Mitchell Ramsay and Gertrude Bell, who undertook an expedition to investigate the Hittite and Byzantine site of Bin-Bir-Kilisse in Turkey in 1907. The book establishes the chronology of Byzantine churches in the region.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1934536059
• ISBN 13: 9781934536056
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 618
• Editor: Ousterhout Robert G., Jackson Mark P. C.