{"product_id":"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-9783034317092","title":"The Early Byzantine Christian Church: An","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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 Π-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 Π-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 \u003ci\u003ediakonikon \u003c\/i\u003ewhere the rite of \u003ci\u003eprothesis \u003c\/i\u003etook place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: Domestic artefacts in Early Christian churches – Methodology – What can church sites reveal about liturgy? – A second focus of liturgical activity – Other activities in Early Byzantine basilical churches – Gender analysis: is there evidence for segregation of the sexes in Early Byzantine basilical churches?","brand":"Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043638968663,"sku":"9783034317092","price":51.12,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/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-9783034317092","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}