This volume gathers eleven essays on the spread of Syriac Christianity in Central Asia and China, with particular attention to epigraphy, codicology, and the circulation of texts. Written over the course of two decades and first published in different venues and languages, they are presented here in a revised and consolidated form. Essays previously published in English are reproduced in their original version, supplemented where necessary by additions and discussions under the heading «Updates». Articles first issued in Italian are published in English for the first time; their translation...

This volume gathers eleven essays on the spread of Syriac Christianity in Central Asia and China, with particular attention to epigraphy, codicology, and the circulation of texts. Written over the course of two decades and first published in different venues and languages, they are presented here in a revised and consolidated form. Essays previously published in English are reproduced in their original version, supplemented where necessary by additions and discussions under the heading «Updates». Articles first issued in Italian are published in English for the first time; their translation...