The Church of the Holy Cross of Alt'amar: Politics, Art, Spirituality in the Kingdom of Vaspurakan
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This book discusses the celebrated church of the Holy Cross of Alt'amar founded by King Gagik of Vaspurakan and built in the tenth century. It analyzes this church from multiple perspectives, such as the contemporary intellectual climate, biblical exegesis, historiography, royal ideology, patronage of relics, medieval architecture and art.

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This book discusses the celebrated church of the Holy Cross of Alt'amar founded by King Gagik of Vaspurakan and built in the tenth century. It analyzes this church from multiple perspectives, such as the contemporary intellectual climate, biblical exegesis, historiography, royal ideology, patronage of relics, medieval architecture and art.
Autorenporträt
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.