Emma Loosley Leeming PhD (2001) is Associate Professor in Theology and Religion at the University of Exeter, UK. She works in the fields of the Theology, Art History and Archaeology of Oriental and Eastern Christianity, with particular attention to Syrian material culture.

• PrefaceNote on TransliterationList of MapsList of FiguresIntroduction: Defining the Geographical and Historical Parameters of this StudyChapter 1: Syrians, Assyrians, Orthodox, Chalcedonians and Monophysites: The Problems of Identifying the Thirteen FathersChapter 2: A Parallel Evolution? Issues in Vernacular Architecture and the Development of Church Building in Syria and GeorgiaChapter 3: The mystery of the missing objects: Do archaeological artefacts and liturgical objects support the story of (As)Syrians in Kartli?Chapter 4: Symeon and his followers: Stylitism as a cultural trend between Syria and GeorgiaChapter 5: The Evidence Written in Stone: An Evaluation of the Relationship (or not) of Syrian and Georgian Ecclesiastical ArchitectureChapter 6: The Syrian bema and the Georgian Pre-Altar Cross: A Comparison of the Liturgical Furnishings of the Nave in the two Traditions Chapter 7: An Argument from Silence: The Differing Evidence in the Syriac and Georgian Language SourcesChapter 8: The Unknown Factors: Evidence from the Cave Monasteries and the Significance of Georgian Vernacular Religion as a Relic of Earlier Ritual PracticesConclusionBibliography

Emma Loosley Leeming PhD (2001) is Associate Professor in Theology and Religion at the University of Exeter, UK. She works in the fields of the Theology, Art History and Archaeology of Oriental and Eastern Christianity, with particular attention to Syrian material culture.

• PrefaceNote on TransliterationList of MapsList of FiguresIntroduction: Defining the Geographical and Historical Parameters of this StudyChapter 1: Syrians, Assyrians, Orthodox, Chalcedonians and Monophysites: The Problems of Identifying the Thirteen FathersChapter 2: A Parallel Evolution? Issues in Vernacular Architecture and the Development of Church Building in Syria and GeorgiaChapter 3: The mystery of the missing objects: Do archaeological artefacts and liturgical objects support the story of (As)Syrians in Kartli?Chapter 4: Symeon and his followers: Stylitism as a cultural trend between Syria and GeorgiaChapter 5: The Evidence Written in Stone: An Evaluation of the Relationship (or not) of Syrian and Georgian Ecclesiastical ArchitectureChapter 6: The Syrian bema and the Georgian Pre-Altar Cross: A Comparison of the Liturgical Furnishings of the Nave in the two Traditions Chapter 7: An Argument from Silence: The Differing Evidence in the Syriac and Georgian Language SourcesChapter 8: The Unknown Factors: Evidence from the Cave Monasteries and the Significance of Georgian Vernacular Religion as a Relic of Earlier Ritual PracticesConclusionBibliography

Emma Loosley Leeming PhD (2001) is Associate Professor in Theology and Religion at the University of Exeter, UK. She works in the fields of the Theology, Art History and Archaeology of Oriental and Eastern Christianity, with particular attention to Syrian material culture.

• PrefaceNote on TransliterationList of MapsList of FiguresIntroduction: Defining the Geographical and Historical Parameters of this StudyChapter 1: Syrians, Assyrians, Orthodox, Chalcedonians and Monophysites: The Problems of Identifying the Thirteen FathersChapter 2: A Parallel Evolution? Issues in Vernacular Architecture and the Development of Church Building in Syria and GeorgiaChapter 3: The mystery of the missing objects: Do archaeological artefacts and liturgical objects support the story of (As)Syrians in Kartli?Chapter 4: Symeon and his followers: Stylitism as a cultural trend between Syria and GeorgiaChapter 5: The Evidence Written in Stone: An Evaluation of the Relationship (or not) of Syrian and Georgian Ecclesiastical ArchitectureChapter 6: The Syrian bema and the Georgian Pre-Altar Cross: A Comparison of the Liturgical Furnishings of the Nave in the two Traditions Chapter 7: An Argument from Silence: The Differing Evidence in the Syriac and Georgian Language SourcesChapter 8: The Unknown Factors: Evidence from the Cave Monasteries and the Significance of Georgian Vernacular Religion as a Relic of Earlier Ritual PracticesConclusionBibliography