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Better known to Western medieval travelers as Zayton, Quanzhou in Fujian was China's main port and also the terminus of the maritime Silk Road. The city was home to a cosmopolitan population especially when China was under Mongol rule (ca. 1280-1368 CE). Italian visitors to and inhabitants of the city included Marco Polo, Odoric of Pordenone and Andrew of Perugia. The city had a significant Christian population, both Catholic and Church of the East (Nestorian), and the nearby town of Jinjiang has to this day in its neighbourhood a Manichaean shrine housing a unique statue of Mani as the Buddha of Light. These religious communities left a wealth of art on stone which first came to light in the mid-twentieth century but is still very little known and studied outside China. This volume containing over 200 illustrations (many in full colour) is the work of a team of scholars from Australian universities in collaboration with the major museums in Quanzhou and Jinjiang and is the first major work on this unique material in a Western language.

Christian antiquities --- Manichaeism --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Christian art and symbolism --- Antiquities. --- Christian antiquities. --- Christian art and symbolism. --- Excavations (Archaeology). --- Manichaeism. --- Missions. --- Inschrift. --- Funde. --- Manichäismus. --- Christliche Archäologie. --- Franciscans --- Franciscans. --- Missions --- China --- Quanzhou Shi (China) --- China. --- Quanzhou. --- Church history. --- 27 <51> --- 273.21 --- S13A/0700 --- Kerkgeschiedenis--China --- Manicheïsme --- China: Religion--Manicheism --- 273.21 Manicheïsme