Proceedings of the Third European Conference of Iranian Studies

Held in Cambridge, 11th to 15th September 1995. Old and Middle Iranian Studies

Edited by Nicholas Sims-Williams

Book cover: Proceedings of the Third European Conference of Iranian Studies

Extent: 206 pages

Publisher: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag

Subjects: Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, Language & Linguistics

Series: Beiträge zur Iranistik

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(May 1998)

ISBN: 9783895000706

6.69 x 9.45 inches

Price: $63.00

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The 3rd European Conference of Iranian Studies, at which more than 130 papers were presented, was held in Cambridge in 1995. A selection of the best contributions will be published in two volumes, of which the second will be concerned with Iranian culture in the Islamic period. This first volume, which is illustrated with 17 plates, contains 18 important and thought-provoking papers – 15 in English and 3 in French – on Old and Middle Iranian. The papers, grouped thematically under the headings “Religions and Culture of ancient Iran” and “Texts and languages”, cover a diversity of themes relating to Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism and Mithraism; Sasanian history, glyptic and numismatics; and Iranian philology, linguistics, and dialectology.

Contributions: Religions and culture of Ancient Iran:Philippe Gignoux: Sasan ou le dieu protecteurMartin Schwartz: Sesen: a durable East Mediterranean god in IranGherardo Gnoli: Further considerations on a Manichaean dating of ZoroasterJames R. Russel: A Manichaean apostolic mission to Armenia?Iris Colditz: Notes on the problem of punishment and conservation in ManichaeismRika Gyselen: Un vetement masculin archaisant dans la glyptique sassanideMalek Iradj Mochiri: Les monnaies de Kavad I a double effigieA. D. H. Bivar: Reassessing Mirdrakvandi: Mithraic echoes in the 20th centuryTexts and languages:Antonio Panaino: A daevic speechNicholas Sims-Williams: Further notes on the Bactrian inscription of Rabatak, with an Appendix on the names of Kujula Kadphises and Vima Taktu in ChineseR. E. Emmerick: Khotanese "ei"Prods Oktor SkjAervo: Royalty in early Iranian literaturePhilip Huyse: Kerdir and the first SasaniansWerner Sundermann: On a Middle Persian legal term and its forgotten originEnrico Morano: My kingdom is not of this world: revisiting the great Parthian crucifixion hymnChristiane Reck: Work in progress: a catalogue of the Middle Iranian manuscripts in Sogdian script of the Berlin Turfan collectionCarlo G. Cereti: Zoroastrian manuscripts in Italy: past and presentLudwig Paul: The position of Zazaki among West Iranian languages

  • Edited by Nicholas Sims-Williams