Index
Abgar, King
161, 163
Abkhazia
3, 6, 9, 19, 29
Abramishvili, Mikheil
187
Abuladze, Ilia
95
Acheiropoieton
95 f.
Adjara
6, 75
Al Busayrah
106
Aleksidze, Zaza
96 ff., 150, 156, 157, 161, 163
Aleppo
77, 106, 149
Ampullae
79
Ancha
96, 162
Anchiskhati icon/altarpiece
96, 97, 162
Anchiskhati basilica
130, 136, 183
Antakya
106, 138
Antioch
11, 43, 56, 102, 121, 132, 138, 141, 145, 149, 153, 156, 166, 175, 176, 187
Anton, Bishop of Tsageri
86
Arabic
16, 65, 70 ff., 160, 192
Aramaic
12, 13, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25 ff., 190
Areshi
116, 118
Armazian
22, 23, 27, 181, 183, 190
Armaziskhevi
158, 181
Armazisikhe
181
Armenia
1, 10, 14, 24, 26, 31, 42, 74, 104, 111, 122, 123, 125, 139, 144, 147, 166, 184, 185, 190
Armenian (language)
3, 127, 134
Armenian Orthodox Church
11, 121, 128, 147, 151, 156, 185, 188
Assyrian
9 ff., 12, 14, 147, 151, 152, 158, 165
Assyrian Empire
12, 26, 89
(As)Syrian Fathers
5, 6, 9, 11, 14, 16, 17, 46, 78, 86, 89, 92, 95, 96 ff., 100, 149, 150 ff., 166, 174, 188, 189, 190, 192
Atengenoba
147, 184
Ateni Sioni
128
Azerbaijan
31, 104, 173
Bagavan
125, 128
Bakhtadze, Nodar
105, 116, 176
Baltrušaitis, Jurgis
116
Basilica
105
Domed/Kreuzkuppelkirche
87
Triple Church
115 ff.
Bell, Gertrude
76
Bema
137 ff., 183, 184
Bersouma, Pitiakhsh
157, 158
Bethlehem
54, 133
Bichvinta/Pitsunda/Pityus
29
Bir el-Qutt
54, 133
‘Black Mountain’, Turkey
53, 138, 175
Bodbe
9, 181
Bolnisi
118
Bolnisi Sioni church
110 ff., 118
Inscription
27, 110 ff.
Tuff
31, 112
Bosra
121
Brad
145
Braund, David
3
Brown, Peter
37
Burton, Sir Richard Francis
72
Butler, Howard Crosby
41, 43
Byzantine Empire
6, 8, 13, 24, 35, 81, 145, 161, 175, 189
C14 dating
105
Cappadocia
168, 171 ff.
Cave monasticism
167 ff.
Censers, ‘Syrian’ (see ‘Syrian’ censers)
Ceramic typology
105
Chabukauri
44, 47 ff., 117 ff., 145, 182
Chalcedon, Council of
7, 100, 121, 128, 132, 150
Chanishvili, Tinatin
55
Charachidzé, Georges
135 ff.
Chazhashi
64 ff., 179
Cheremi
Syrian glass find
56
Chilashvili, Levan
116
Chi Rho imagery
110
Chubinashvili, Giorgi
17, 29, 34, 40, 44, 51, 62, 64, 65, 68, 71 ff., 85, 87, 103 ff., 109, 116, 124
Church of the East
13, 107, 108, 147, 165, 184, 185
Chvibiani
64
Coin finds, Georgia
55 ff.
Constantinople
11, 13, 16, 121, 122, 125, 166, 189
Dachi, King
155
Damascus
35, 77, 107
Darbazi
40, 124, 137
Davit Aghmashenebeli, King
37
Davit Gareja
60, 79 ff., 83, 100, 154, 155, 167, 173 ff.
Mravalta possible tower-houses
95
Silver medallion of Symeon Stylites
79 ff., 100, 167, 175
Udabno monastery
89
Dedabodzi
137
Dedopolis Gora
23, 55, 181
Dedopolis Mindori
181
Deir ez Zor
107
Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi
78, 170, 171, 172, 173
Deir Sem ‘an
79
Demetre I, King
94
Demetrios I Soter, King
Syrian coin of
55
Didache
131
Dighomi, Tbilisi
Syrian coin
55
Djobadze, Wakhtang
52, 53, 101, 175
Dmanisi
34, 160, 176
Dolochopi
44, 47 ff., 117 ff., 145, 182
Drosha
135 ff.
Dura Europos
28, 32, 43, 55, 57, 106 ff.
Duruji, River
50
Dvin, Third Council of
166, 188
Dzveli Shuamta
118, 125
Eastmond, Antony
3
Echmiadzin, St. Gayane
125, 127
Edessa
12, 15, 95 ff., 132, 153, 156, 157, 162
Egeria
133
Egrisi (See Lazica)
Emesa (See Homs)
Ephesus, Council of
13, 128, 132
Euphrates
12, 28, 32, 106
Evlavi, Catholicos
151
Expositio
140
Foss, Clive
33
Fuller, Michael
101, 107
Fuller, Neathery
107
Gagoshidze, Giorgi
54, 91 ff., 99, 101
Gagoshidze, Iulon
39, 157
Garni
190
Georgian (language)
3
Georgian exceptionalism, cult of
103 ff.
Georgian Jews
23, 26, 39, 40, 134, 181
Georgian Orthodox Church
11, 97, 152, 180, 185, 188, 189
Geyer, Bernard
33
Goiladze, Vakhtang
152
Gori
182
Grabar, André
130
Greater Caucasus
24
Greek (language)
16, 21, 133, 150, 151, 159
Halabiyeh/Zenobia
108
Hamilton, R.W.
74 ff.
Henoticon of Zeno
10, 11
Holy Sepulchre, Church of
60, 69, 75, 121, 139, 141, 143
Homs
56, 187
Iberia (See Kartli)
Iberian pilgrims
53
Idleti
127
Imereti
90, 93, 173, 176, 177, 178, 187
Iraq
3, 12, 107
Islam
35, 166
Israel-Palestine
12, 16, 54, 72, 74, 132, 141, 171, 172, 173, 191
Javakhishvili, Ivane
14
Jerusalem
16, 54, 60, 61, 75, 121, 132, 133, 134, 139, 141, 142, 191
Jerusalem liturgy
134 ff., 143, 184
Jordan
12
Jvari
135 ff.
Jvari, Church Mtskheta
130, 136, 139, 140, 183
‘Jvari type’ churches
123, 127
Kakheti
31, 56, 80, 105, 115 ff., 118, 120, 122, 125, 143, 144, 145, 147, 155, 157, 160, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 173, 175, 177, 180, 182, 188, 190, 191
Karaulashvili, Irma
161, 162, 163
Kartli
3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 16, 22, 28 ff., 40, 54 ff., 100, 101, 110, 114, 118, 120, 122, 125, 127, 128, 129, 130, 133, 134, 135, 137, 139, 141, 143, 144, 147, 149, 151, 154, 155, 156, 157, 160, 162, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 173, 175, 176, 177, 178, 180, 181, 183, 184, 187, 188, 190, 191
Conversion of
23, 139
Kvemo Kartli
34, 56, 111, 118, 173, 176, 177, 178
Shida Kartli
23, 57 ff., 112 ff., 127, 128, 133, 173, 176
Kartvelian
3, 20, 151, 152
Alphabet
20, 36, 135, 144
Kasra (See Tell al Kasra)
Katskhis sveti/Katskhi’s pillar
90 ff., 99, 101, 177
Kekelidze, Korneli
15, 150 ff., 156, 161, 164
Kennedy, Hugh
32–33
Keramidion
95 ff., 156, 157, 161, 163
Kerala, India
108
Khabur, River
106
Khati
135 ff.
Khevsureti
7, 135 ff., 146, 147, 148, 179, 180
Khovle
57 ff.
Kiknadze, Zurab
135
Kipiani, Guram
47, 120, 143
Kleinbauer, W. Eugene
122, 123
Krautheimer, Richard
41
Kutaisi
6, 75
Kvareli
116, 145, 182
Lafontaine-Dosogne, J.
85 ff., 95
Laghami
85 ff.
Lassus, Jean
41, 140
Lazica
3, 6, 9, 55 ff., 160, 166, 176, 177, 187, 191
Lebanon
3, 12, 31, 168, 169, 171, 172, 178, 191
Liturgy
116, 121, 130 ff., 137 ff.
Eucharist
121
Lucian, De Dea Syria
99
Maaloula
170
Mandylion
95 ff., 156, 157, 161, 162, 163
Manichaeanism
47, 48, 120, 143, 181, 183
Ma’arrat an Numan
83
Maranci, Christina
1, 3, 42, 123, 139, 141
Mardin
76, 77, 78
Margishvili, Soso
157
Martqopeli, Giorgi, Bishop
96
Martqopi, ‘Stylite tower’
92 f., 95 ff., 101, 177
Martvili tower-house
93, 177
Matchabeli, Kitty
62, 64
Matitashvili, Shota
96, 152, 153
Menze, Volker
11
Mesopotamia
3, 12, 15, 24, 28, 43, 75, 78, 98, 99, 100, 101, 106 ff., 123 ff., 132, 133, 141, 142, 143, 153, 156, 166, 175, 183, 184, 188, 190, 191
Mestia
63, 75, 85, 179
Mgaloblishvili, Tamila
10, 11, 39, 47, 53, 54, 60, 120, 143, 164, 166, 181
Miaphysite
11, 165, 166
Mirian, King
144, 181
Mosul
77, 78
Mren
125, 128
Mtskheta
22, 23, 26, 38 ff., 54, 55, 60, 130, 133, 139, 141, 154, 155, 158, 181, 183
Svetiskhoveli
38, 139, 141
Murqmeli
64
Nana, Queen
181
Nekresi
29, 44 ff., 49, 51, 105, 117, 118, 120, 125, 155, 182
Nerses III, Armenian Patriarch
140
Nisibis
122
Nusardel
147, 185
Odessa
75
Osrhoene
3, 12, 98
Palmyra
34, 110
Payne, Richard E.
190
Peradze, Gregory
54
Peroz, Shah of Persia
110
Persian Empire
8, 24, 51, 118, 120, 124, 125, 145, 158, 166, 175, 181, 187, 188, 189, 190
Achaemenids
24, 25, 26
Seleucids
24
Parthians
8, 24, 25
Sassanians
8, 13, 25, 32, 109, 110, 111, 123, 125, 126, 182, 189, 190
Peter the Iberian
16, 191
Phallobates
99
Pilgrimage
59 f.
Plontke-Lüning, Annegret
1
Pre-altar cross
130 ff., 183
Procopius
16
Pshavi
179, 180
Qalamoun
169, 171
Qal ‘at Sem ‘an
33, 79, 80, 88, 100, 112, 113, 114, 177
Qalb Lozeh
112
Qausiyeh, Martyrium of St. Babylas
121, 145
Qirq Bizeh
43, 145
Rabbula Gospels
68, 71
Ramallah
70
Rapp Jr, Stephen
3, 5, 13, 25, 26, 47, 120, 128, 143, 181
Rekha
96, 155, 161, 163, 164
Rkoni monastery, tower in vicinity
94
Roinashvili, Alexandre
77
Rufinus
16, 150
Russian (language)
3
Rustaveli, Shota
37
The Man in the Panther’s Skin
37
Rustavi, Kvemo Kartli
Syrian glass find
56
Ruweiha
145
St. Abibos Nekreseli
46, 151, 155, 159, 161
St. Abo Tbiliseli
160
St Anton Martqopeli
92, 95 ff., 156, 157, 159, 163
Life of
95 f.
St. Daniel the Stylite
98
St. Davit Garejeli
153, 154, 155, 156, 159, 191
Life of
60 ff.
St. Ezderios/Isidore Nabukeli/Samtavneli
96, 157, 159, 161, 163
St. Ioane Zedazneli
86 ff., 151, 153, 154, 155, 156, 159
St. Ioseb Alaverdeli
159
St. Ise Tsilkneli
159
St. Martha (mother of St. Symeon Stylites the Younger)
53, 79, 87, 88, 100
Life of
53, 100, 138, 149, 150
St. Menas, shrine of, Egypt
79
St. Mikael Ulumboeli
159
St. Nino
9, 29, 130, 136, 141, 144, 181
Life of
16, 23, 26, 40, 60, 134, 144
St. Piros Breteli
159
St. Shio Mghvimeli
86 ff., 151, 155, 159
Life of
86 ff., 95
Metaphrastic Life of
151
St. Stepane Khirseli
159
St. Shushanik, Martyrdom of
20
St. Symeon Stylites the Elder
46, 79, 83, 85, 88 f., 91, 95, 97, 99, 100
Life of
53, 89, 138, 149, 150, 156
St. Symeon Stylites the Younger
79, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 88 f., 95, 97, 99, 100
Life of
89, 100, 138, 149, 150, 175
Monastery of
52, 53, 87
St. Theodosius/Tadeoz/Tata of Urhai (Edessa)/St Theodosius Rekhali or Stepantsmindeli
96, 157, 159, 161, 163
St. Zenon Ikaltoeli
159
Saydnaya
170
Samegrelo/ Mingrelia
31, 93, 177
Samtavisi
161, 162, 163, 164
Samtavro
29, 38 ff., 56, 141
Sakartvelo
19, 20 ff.
Sakhvadze, Ana
57
Sardis
79
Schachner, Lukas
97, 101
Seleucia-Ctesiphon
13
Semandağ
52, 79, 80, 82, 87, 88, 100, 102, 138, 175, 177
Sepieti, Abasha
Syrian coin hoard
56
Septimus Severus
56
Shaked, Shaul
54
Shatberashvili, Vakhtang
57 ff.
Shiomghvime monastery
86, 88, 89, 155
Sidarus, Adel
70
Sidon
56
Silagava, Nino
41
Sir Bani Yas, monastery
101
Skhirtladze, Zaza
73, 80 ff., 162
Sochi
75
South Ossetia (See Tskhinvali)
Soviet Union
2, 6, 17, 36, 104, 180, 190
Stylitism
89 ff., 176, 177
Svaneti
6, 7, 61 ff., 85, 86, 136, 137, 147, 178 ff., 183
Syria
3, 6, 7, 12, 14, 15, 17 ff., 24, 28 ff., 35, 37, 40, 42, 51, 52 ff., 75, 78, 98, 99, 100, 101, 104, 106 ff., 118, 121, 123 ff., 129, 132, 137, 138, 141, 142, 153, 156, 166, 171, 173, 176, 178, 183, 184, 187, 188, 191, 192
Syriac (language)
3, 12, 13, 15, 16, 133, 150, 151, 158, 159, 160, 161, 163, 168, 169, 172, 190
Syriac inscriptions
109, 192
Syrian
9 ff., 12, 165
Syrian censers
66, 72 ff.
Syrian Civil War
5, 7, 19, 108, 171
Syrian coins
54 f., 59
Syrian Fathers (See (As)Syrian Fathers)
Syrian glass
55 ff., 120, 187
Syrian mosaics
108 ff.
Syrian Orthodox Church
11, 76, 78, 107, 108, 122, 133, 147, 184, 185
Syro-Mesopotamia
4, 6, 8, 143
Taft, Robert
132
Tao Klarjeti
1, 19
Tao (See Tao Klarjeti)
Tayk‘ (See Tao Klarjeti)
Tamar, Queen (King)
37
Taqashvili, Evtime
65, 68, 71, 87
Tbilisi
31, 75, 77, 110, 124, 130, 136, 154, 155, 157, 160, 162, 183
Tchalenko, Georges
33, 42, 43, 140
Tell al Kasra
108
Tell Tuneinir
99, 101, 107 ff.
Telovani, Church of the Holy Cross
162
Theoderet of Cyrrhus
100, 138, 149, 177
Tianeti
136
Transcaucasia
1 ff., 104, 122, 127
Triple Church Basilica
115 ff.
Tsageri
86
Tsilkani
112 ff.
Tskhinvali
3, 6, 19
Tsromi
125, 128, 162
Tuite, Kevin
147
Tur ‘Abdin
76, 78, 122, 146
Turkey
3, 12, 19, 52 ff., 107, 121, 168, 188
Tusheti
7, 146, 147, 179, 180, 183
Ubisi, ‘tower-house’
89, 93 ff., 177
Urbnisi
23, 26, 39, 40, 54, 55, 56, 60, 133, 181, 182
Uplistsikhe
22, 34, 173
Ushguli
62 ff., 179
‘Syrian’ chalice
62 ff.
Vakhtang Gorgasali, King
11, 110, 154, 155
Vardavar/Vartavar
147, 184, 185
Viranşehir
156
Zalabiyeh
108
Zedazeni, sculpture fragment
89
Zegaani
119
Zhaleti
136
Zhibiani
64
Zoroastrianism
45, 46, 47, 48, 111, 124, 181, 183, 188
Zuart‘noc‘
42, 123, 139, 140, 141