The Epitaph of Mar Solomon, Bishop of South China, Administrator of Manicheans and Nestorians

The Epitaph of Mar Solomon, Bishop of South China, Administrator of Manicheans and NestoriansOpen TheologySyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/9YCA23EN/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.MajellaFranzmannThe Epitaph of Mar Solomon, Bishop of South China, Administrator of Manicheans and Nestorianshttp://syriaca.org/cbss/9YCA23ENhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/9YCA23ENhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/9YCA23ENOpen Theology12015293-300The tombstone of the Christian bishop Mar Solomon is an important witness to communities of the Church of the East and Manichaeans in fourteenth-century China. The epitaph consists of a bilingual inscription in Chinese and Syro-Turkic. Three major points will be discussed—the identification of Mar Solomon as administrator of both communities; the use of the term “Manzi” to designate Mar Solomon’s geographical area of influence; and the significance of the style and languages of the epitaph. Franzmann, Majella. “The Epitaph of Mar Solomon, Bishop of South China, Administrator of Manicheans and Nestorians.” Open Theology 1 (2015): 293–300. Majella Franzmann, The Epitaph of Mar Solomon, Bishop of South China, Administrator of Manicheans and Nestorians, Open Theology 1 (2015): 293–300.ManichaeismNestoriansSyriac influence [China]VII-XVIII CEXIV CEbishopsepigraphicsinscriptions [Chinese]inscriptions [Turkic]