Church of the Holy Cross of Ałt‘amar

Zaroui Pogossian, Ph.D. (2005), is a research associate at the Ruhr-Universität-Bochum (Germany). She has published on numerous aspects of medieval Armenian culture and religion, such as the Armenian Church and the Crusades, monasticism, the role of women and pious foundations, apocalyptic literature and royal ideology.Edda Vardanyan, Ph.D (2001), is a research fellow at the Institute of Ancient Manuscripts of the Armenian Republic (Matenadaran of Erevan) and, since 2002, an associated scholar at the Centre d’histoire et civilisation de Byzance, Orient & Méditerranée UMR 8167 (Paris). Her research is dedicated to Armenian medieval art.

"The volume offers a selection of essays where an outstandingly important monument of Medieval Armenian art is investigated in its wider cultural and historical context from a definitely multidisciplinary viewpoint. (...) it enables its readers to get a wide-range introduction not only to the relevance of the church of the Holy Cross in Ałtamar for Armenian arts and culture, but also to the specific contribution of the hardly known Kingdom of Vaspurakan to world history." - Michele BACCI, Universität Freiburg/Schweiz, in: Hortus Artium Medievalium 26 (2020)

• List of IllustrationsList of ContributorsPréambuleJean-Pierre Mahé1 IntroductionZaroui Pogossian and Edda Vardanyan2 Historical Tradition, Memory and Law in Vaspurakan in the Era of Gagik ArcruniTim Greenwood3 Byzance et le Vaspurakan au xe siècleJean-Claude Cheynet4 Al-Basfurraǧān and Banū l-Dayrānī: Vaspurakan and the Arcrunik‘ in Arabic SourcesAlison M. Vacca5 Le culte de la Croix au palais de Constantinople d’après le Livre des cérémoniesBernard Flusin6 Relics, Rulers, Patronage: the True Cross of Varag and the Church of the Holy Cross on Ałt‘amarZaroui Pogossian7 La Sainte-Mère-de-Dieu d’Aparank‘ : politique, diplomatie et spiritualité (983–995)Jean-Pierre Mahé8 Armenian Biblical Exegesis and the Sculptures of the Church on Ałt‘amarRobert W. Thomson9 Beyond Image and Text: Armenian Readings of the Old Testament Scenes on the Church at Ałt‘amarSergio La Porta10 L’invention des images: Une expérience du regard au VaspurakanKrikor Beledian11 Sainte-Croix d’Ałt‘amar. Sens symbolique, architectural et iconographique de la dédicacePatrick Donabédian12 The Сhurch of Ałt‘amar: a New Image in the Medieval ArchitectureArmen Kazaryan13 Reflections on the Architecture of the Palace Complex on the Island of Ałt‘amarDavid Kertmenjian14 Les sujets bibliques de la frise de la vigne dans le décor sculpté de l’église de la Sainte-Croix d’Ałt‘amar : le cycle d’IsaacEdda Vardanyan15 King Gagik Arcruni’s Portrait on the Church of Ałt‘amarGohar GrigoryanIndex