A Composite Monastic Community? New Hypotheses on al‑Quṣayr Settlement (Province of Karbalā, Iraq)Bulletin d’Études Orientales 68, 2020-2021Syriaca.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/BRWCCY4L/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Haider NajiAtiyahJulieBonnéricA Composite Monastic Community? New Hypotheses on al‑Quṣayr Settlement (Province of Karbalā, Iraq)http://syriaca.org/cbss/BRWCCY4Lhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/BRWCCY4Lhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/BRWCCY4LJulieBonnéricNarmin Ali MuhammadAminBarbaraCouturaudChristianity in Iraq at the Turn of Islam: History and ArchaeologyBeyrouthPresses de l’Ifpo2023161-188Bulletin d’Études Orientales 68, 2020-2021The site of al‑Quṣayr, in southern Iraq, is known for its monumental church built at the turn of Islam. Mentioned by orientalists, surveyed in 1973 and then excavated in 1978 and in 2009, it was interpreted as a monastery with a church surrounded by a village with another church. A preliminary architectural survey and a study of previous publications suggested that it was a mixed monastery with monks living outside the coenobium, which enclosed the monumental church and conventual buildings. It is surrounded by at least 160 hermitage-like buildings, probably consisting of a three-room structure and a courtyard. The monastic church was originally built of stone with a particularly long and narrow original (monophysite?) plan with multiple doors. It was enlarged in the second phase with the addition of one transverse and two longitudinal aisles, as well as annexes, all built of mud-bricks. In the third phase, the southern aisle was transformed into a conventual area, perhaps a library and a scriptorium. The building identified as another church could be a funerary chapel. It is located outside of the coenobium and surrounded by a graveyard.
Atiyah, Haider Naji, and Julie Bonnéric. “A Composite Monastic Community? New Hypotheses on Al‑Quṣayr Settlement (Province of Karbalā, Iraq).” In Christianity in Iraq at the Turn of Islam: History and Archaeology, edited by Julie Bonnéric, Narmin Ali Muhammad Amin, and Barbara Couturaud, 161–88. Bulletin d’Études Orientales 68, 2020-2021. Beyrouth: Presses de l’Ifpo, 2023.
Haider Naji Atiyah and Julie Bonnéric, A Composite Monastic Community? New Hypotheses on Al‑Quṣayr Settlement (Province of Karbalā, Iraq), in Christianity in Iraq at the Turn of Islam: History and Archaeology, ed. Julie Bonnéric, Narmin Ali Muhammad Amin, and Barbara Couturaud, Bulletin d’Études Orientales 68, 2020-2021 (Beyrouth: Presses de l’Ifpo, 2023), 161–88.IraqNestoriansVII CEVII-XVIII CEVIII CEarchaeologychurchesmonasticism