This book describes events at Edessa, largely through contemporary accounts and incorporates much new material, notably six mosaics found by the writer between 1952 and 1959.
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Edessa: 'The Blessed City'
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1Table of contents
- FORWARD
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF PLATES
- PRINCIPAL ABBREVIATIONS
- SCHEME OF TRANSLITERATION
- INTRODUCTION
- I. THE BEGINNINGS
- II. EDESSA UNDER THE KINGS
- III. THE BLESSING OF JESUS AND THE TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY
- IV. LIFE AT EDESSA ,A.D.240-639
- V. THE LAST FIVE CENTURIES, A.D. 639-1146
- EPILOGUE
- MAPS AND PLANS
- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
- PLATES
- GENERAL INDEX