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SUMMARY:From Rome to Armenia: The medieval western ‘Armenian’ stretch 
 of the Silk Road in the light of East-West cultural exchanges\, trade\, mi
 ssions\, colonies and arts - Christiane Esche Ramshorn
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CONTACT:Said Reza Huseini
DESCRIPTION:The medieval ‘Armenian’ western stretch of the Silk Road w
 as a place of intense exchanges in the widest sense between Christians\, R
 oman and Armenian\, of languages and alphabets\, long-distance trade\, mis
 sion and colonies and the arts with Armenians leading role and looking bac
 k onto a long tradition as cultural transmitters. Marco Polo travelled on 
 its main stretch and describes it\, and a lot\, if not at times most of (n
 ot only) Italy’s luxury trade went through its trading centres. From the
  Mediterranean port of Ayas in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia\, the best 
 protected in the Mediterranean\, it crosses the entire length of Anatolia 
 and passes between the Ararat and Lake Van before turning south towards Ta
 briz. Starting in the Roman Borgo with its compounds for the Oriental Chri
 stian pilgrims\, mainly the Armenians\, this talk follows the Europeans’
  and Armenians’ presence and intense mutual interests in each other’s 
 lands in the way of a geography of the dogma. It discusses Dominican missi
 ons\, trade and trading colonies\, foreign language and alphabet learning 
 and exchanges of material culture and artistic transfer for example on Arm
 enian khachkars in Vayots Dzor\, Armenian inscriptions on the bronze doors
  of St. Peter’s in Rome and Armenian and Mongol luxury fabrics in miniat
 ure painting of Cilicia and later on in Tuscan painting.\n\nAbout the spea
 ker:\nChristiane Esche-Ramshorn is an independent art historian who has co
 mpleted her latest research project at the University of Cambridge with he
 r book East-West Artistic Transfer through Rome\, Armenia and the Silk Roa
 d\, Routledge 2022. In 2018\, Reflections on Armenia and the Christian Ori
 ent. Studies in the Honour of Vrej Nersessian appeared at Ankyunacar\, Ere
 van.\n
LOCATION:Audit Room\, King’s College (and online) 
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