{"product_id":"9782503521978","title":"Medieval Christian and Manichaean Remains from Quanzhou (Zayton)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBetter known to western medieval travelers as Zayton, Quanzhou in Fujian was China's main port and also the terminus of the Maritime Silk Road. The city was home to a cosmopolitan population especially when China was under Mongol rule (ca. 1280-1368 CE). Italian visitors to and inhabitants of the city included Marco Polo, Odoric of Pordenone and Andrew of Perugia. The city had a significant Christian population, both Catholic and Church of the East (Nestorian), and the nearby town of Jinjiang has to this day in its neighbourhood a Manichaean shrine housing a unique statue of Mani as the Buddha of Light. These religious communities left a wealth of art on stone which first came to light in Mid-Twentieth Century but is still very little known and studied outside China. This volume containing over 200 illustrations (many in full colour) is the work of a team of scholars from Australian universities in collaboration with the major museums in Quanzhou and Jinjiang and is the first major work on this unique material in a western language. The book will be of great interest not only to scholars of Manichaeism and of the Church of the East but also to scholars of East-West contacts under the Mongols.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brepols Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47044561764592,"sku":"9782503521978","price":164.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9782503521978_p0.jpg?v=1763694178","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9782503521978","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}