Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0210152

Funding Activity

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Funded Activity Summary

Manichaean and Medieval Christian (Nestorian and Catholic) remains in Quanzhou (S. China) - an epigraphical, iconographical and historical investigation. This is a UNESCO-sponsored project, conducting research into Manichaean and Christian missionary activities around the port city of Quanzhou (Zaitun) in the 12th and 13th centuries. The research is being conducted in conjunction with the Quanzhou Museum of Maritime Contacts, and the results will be published for the Museum in a catalogue of Syro-Turkish inscriptions and sepulchral monuments. The catalogue will be accompanied by the first monograph in English on this topic, as well as by interim reports and articles.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 14-02-2002

End Date: 30-06-2005

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $242,671.00

Funder: Australian Research Council