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The logo for the TSEC series is based on a 14th-century tombstone of the Church of the East from Quanzhou, South China, courtesy of the Quanzhou Maritime Museum of Overseas Communications History.
Chapters 1 through 10 derive from papers given at the International Medieval Congress, Leeds 5–8 July 2021 and 56th International Congress on Medieval Studies, 13–16 May 2021, which were sponsored by a grant from the National Science Centre, Poland (2019/35/D/HS3/01872), a grant from the “Excellence Initiative – Research University” at the University of Warsaw, a grant from the Centre for Research on Ancient Civilizations at the University of Warsaw, and a grant from the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research. Copyediting of the book was paid by the research project funded by a grant from the National Science Centre, Poland (2019/35/D/HS3/01872). The leading editor of the volume is Yuliya Minets.
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DOI 10.1163/9789004682337
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