From Worship to Sanctuaries. Religious Architecture in Roman and Byzantine Africa.
Boccard Editions| N° d'inventaire | 32109 |
| Format | 21 x 29.7 |
| Détails | 376 p., 307 illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2018 |
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| ISBN | 9782701804422 |
This volume takes stock of complex and extremely rich questions, as they touch on the most intimate aspects of society, by presenting a broad cultural panorama, from Roman and Byzantine Africa to the early days of Islam, over a vast geographical area, from western Mauretania to Cyrenaica. The long duration and continuity of religious life in sanctuaries and monumental complexes have been the subject of a more in-depth examination, thanks to new excavations, refined methods and more precise perspectives, providing new data on urban planning and the permanence of religious traditions often dating back to the pre-Roman period and sometimes extending into a later period. Religious practices also constitute a fundamental element, which the call upon specialists from particular disciplines helps to clarify. If architectural analysis remains an essential study, this work highlights other promising issues, such as the investigation of the gardens that could accompany the sanctuaries; The setting has not been neglected either. The end of Antiquity, with the development of Christian architecture even in the African countryside, has also attracted interest, as have the first Muslim buildings. This book therefore provides a renewed vision on many aspects of a field in constant transformation.
This volume takes stock of complex and extremely rich questions, as they touch on the most intimate aspects of society, by presenting a broad cultural panorama, from Roman and Byzantine Africa to the early days of Islam, over a vast geographical area, from western Mauretania to Cyrenaica. The long duration and continuity of religious life in sanctuaries and monumental complexes have been the subject of a more in-depth examination, thanks to new excavations, refined methods and more precise perspectives, providing new data on urban planning and the permanence of religious traditions often dating back to the pre-Roman period and sometimes extending into a later period. Religious practices also constitute a fundamental element, which the call upon specialists from particular disciplines helps to clarify. If architectural analysis remains an essential study, this work highlights other promising issues, such as the investigation of the gardens that could accompany the sanctuaries; The setting has not been neglected either. The end of Antiquity, with the development of Christian architecture even in the African countryside, has also attracted interest, as have the first Muslim buildings. This book therefore provides a renewed vision on many aspects of a field in constant transformation.