Keywords: Quanzhou crosses 泉州十字碑.
***Graphic resource: Quanzhou crosses, photos of crosses with lotus clouds, angels, and inscriptions in Syriac, Arabic, Chinese and Latin.

Jidu zongjiao yishu zai Hua fazhanshi : Tang Yuan Ming Qing shiqi 基督宗教藝術在華發展史 : 唐元明清時期 / Gu Weimin 顧衛民.
Title also in English on cover and colophon: A history of Christian arts in China : during the period of Tang, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
Bibliography: p. [330-343].

" ... examines the historic influence of the introduction of Western art and visual theory in China .... Prof. Gu’s book takes a broad historical approach, looking specifically at Christian art brought into China beginning with the Syriac Eastern (Nestorian) Church of the Tang dynasty and chronologically examining Christian painting, sculpture, church architecture, and iconography in various locations in China. A large section is devoted to the Jesuit era."--acquisitions note.

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Local access dig.pdf. [Vasseur-Melanges sur la Chine.pdf]
Online at Gallica.

Abstract: “Intersemiotic translation” is categorized by Roman Jakobson as one of three types of translation. Translation of illustrations in the late Qing novels, either directly from verbal signs or visual signs, can also be regarded as a typical kind of “intersemiotic translation.” The present article studies illustrations in Chinese Christian literature in the late Qing period, especially those in the Chinese translations of John Bunyan’s works, The Pilgrim’s Progress and The Holy War. Questions to ponder are how inter-semiotic translation occurs between these illustrations—in either transferring or transplanting the meanings from one sign system to another—and how it establishes its legitimacy through religious negotiation, ideological conflict, and cultural integration. The illustrations in the Chinese translation versions of The Pilgrim’s Progress manifest the translators’ and illustrators’ manipulation of repertoires of Chinese religious signs, thereby indigenizing a foreign religion. These illustrations, nevertheless, are not only associated with Christianity, but also with the long-lasting visual signs of Chinese culture. Hence these translated illustrations could be considered as a type of “Translated Christianity.”

Local access dig.pdf. [Yao-Translated Illustration.pdf]