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Bibliography

(This is only a selective list; cp. detailed bibliography in printed version [Mode 1993]. For transcription, cp. technicalities.)


A - Main discussions of the paintings

Al'baum, L. I. [1975]: Zhivopis' Afrasiaba - Taškent

Maršak, B. [1994]: Le programme iconographique des peintures de la "Salle des ambassadeurs" à Afrasiab (Samarkand) - In: Arts Asiatiques (Paris), t. XLIX, pp. 5-20

Mode, Hanne [1979]: Spätantike und frühmittelalterliche Wandmalereien Mittelasiens. Dissertation... Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg - Halle

Mode, M. [1993]: Sogdien und die Herrscher der Welt. Türken, Sasaniden und Chinesen in Historiengemälden des 7. Jahrhunderts n. Chr. aus Alt-Samarqand [= Europäische Hochschulschriften. Reihe XXVII. Kunstgeschichte, Bd. 162] - Frankfurt a.M. (u.a.)

Silvi Antonini, C. [1990]: The paintings in the palace of Afrasiab (Samarkand) - In: Rivista degli Studi Orientali, 63 (1989), pp. 109-144


B - Selected further studies (the paintings, comparisons, history)

(An asterix [*] denotes studies with
emphasis on the Afrasiab murals.)

*Al'baum, L. I. [1971]: Novye rospisi Afrasiaba - In: Strany i narody Vostoka (Moskva), vyp. X, pp. 83-89

*Abdurazakov, K. A. - Kambarov, M. K. [1975]: Restavraciya nastennykh rospisey Afrasiaba - Taškent

Akhunbabaev, Kh. G. [1990]: Dvorec ikhšidov Sogda tret'ey çetverti VII v. n. e. na Afrasiabe - In: Kul'tura drevnego i srednevekovogo Samarkanda i istoriçeskie svyazi Sogda. Tezisy dokladov sovetsko-francuzskogo kollokviuma, Samarkand, 25-30 sentyabrya 1990 goda. Red. kollegiya: Yu. F. Buryakov (u. a.). Taškent, pp. 17-19

*Azarpay, G. [1981]: Sogdian painting. The pictorial epic in Oriental art. Contributions by A. M. Belenitskii, B. I. Maršak, and M. J. Dresden - Berkeley, Los Angeles, London

*Arzhanceva, I. A. [1987]: Poyasa na rospisyakh Afrasiaba - In: Istoriya material'noy kul'tury Uzbekistana (Taškent), vyp. 21, pp. 92-114

Azarpay, G. [1979]: The heroic art of the East Iranian world - In: Highlights of Persian art. Ed by R. Ettinghausen, E. Yarshater. (=Bibliotheca Persica. Persian art series, 1). Boulder, pp. 164-175

Beckwith, C. I. [1987]: The Tibetan empire in Central Asia: a history of the struggle for great power among Tibetans, Turks, Arabs, and Chinese during the early Middle Ages - Princeton

Belenickiy, A. M. - Maršak, B. I. [1979]: Voprosy khronologii zhivopisi rannesrednevekovogo Sogda - In: Uspekhi sredneaziatskoy arkheologii (Leningrad), vyp. 4, pp. 32-37

Bóna, I. [1980]: Studien zum frühawarischen Reitergrab von Szegvár - In: Acta Archaeologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae (Budapest), t. XXXII, pp. 31-95

Brentjes, B. [1974]: Zur Westtrift ost- und zentralasiatischer Motive in skythischer Zeit - In: Sprache, Geschichte und Kultur der altaischen Völker. Hrsg. v. G. Hazai u. P. Zieme. (=Schr. zur Geschichte und Kultur des Alten Orients, 5). Berlin, pp. 153-159

Brentjes, B. [1976]: Kunst in Zentralasien. Sogdische und tocharische Wandmalereien - In: Das Altertum (Berlin), 22, 1, pp. 69-81

Brykina, G. A. (ed.) [1999]: Srednyaya Aziya i Dal'nyi Vostok v epokhu srednevekov'ya. Srednyaya Aziya v rannem srednevekov'e. Otv. red. G. A. Brykina [=Arkheologiya] - Moskva

Bulatova, V. A. - Šiškina, G. V. [1986]: Samarkand. Muzey pod otkrytym nebom - Taškent

Chavannes, E. [1903]: Documents sur les Tou-kiue (Turcs) occidentaux [= Sbornik trudov Orchonskoj ekspedicii, VI] - St.-Pétersbourg

Chavannes, E. [1904]: Notes aditionelles sur les Tou-kiue (Turcs) occidentaux - In: T'oung Pao, série II, vol. V, pp. 1-110

Chuvin, P. (ed.) [1999]: Les arts de l'Asie centrale [= L'art et les grandes civilisations] - Paris

Esin, E. [1976]: Turk-i mah chihrah (The Turkish norm of beauty in Iran) - In: Akten des VII. Internationalen Kongreses für Iranische Kunst und Archäologie, München, 7.-10. September 1976. (=Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Iran, Ergänzungsband 6). Berlin, pp. 449-460

Fong, M. H. [1973]: Four Chinese royal tombs of the early eighth century - In: Artibus Asiae (Ascona), vol. XXXV, pp. 307-334

Fong, M. H. [1984]: Tang tomb murals reviewed in the light of Tang texts on painting - In: Artibus Asiae (Ascona), vol. XLV, pp. 35-72

Franke, O. [1936-1937]: Geschichte des chinesischen Reiches. Eine Darstellung seiner Entstehung, seines Wesens und seiner Entwicklung bis zur neuesten Zeit. II.-III. Band. - Berlin, Leipzig

Fukai, S. - Horiuchi, K. [1969-1972]: Taq-i-Bustan. I-II. Plates [= The Tokyo University Iraq-Iran Archaeological Expedition, Report 10, 13] - Tokyo

Golden, P. B. [1992]: An introduction to the history of the Turkic peoples. Ethnogenesis and state-formation in medieval and early modern Eurasia and the Middle East [= Turcologica, Bd. 9] - Wiesbaden

Johnson, L. C. [1983]: The wedding ceremony for an imperial Liao princess. Wall paintings from a Liao dynasty tomb in Jilin - In: Artibus Asiae (Ascona), vol. XLIV, pp. 107-136

*Kageyama Etsuko [1998]: Chinese way of depicting foreign delegates discerned in the paintings of Afrasiab - In: Bulletin of the Society for Western and Southern Asiatic Studies, 49, pp. 17-33 (in Japanese)

Kljaštornyj, S. G. - Livšic, V. A. [1972]: The Sogdian inscription of Bugut revised - In: Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae (Budapest), t. XXVI, pp. 69-102

Kosolapov, A. I. - Maršak, B. I. [1999]: Stennaya zhivopis' Sredney i Central'noy Azii (Istoriko-khudozhestvennoe i laboratornoe issledovanie). Murals along the Silk Road (Combined art historical and laboratory study) - Sankt-Peterburg

Liu Mau-Tsai [1957-1958]: Kulturelle Beziehungen zwischen den Ost-Türken (T'u-küe) und China - In: Central Asiatic Journal (The Hague, Wiesbaden), vol. III, pp. 190-205

Liu Mau-Tsai [1958]: Die chinesischen Nachrichten zur Geschichte der Osttürken (T'u-küe) (2 Bde.) [= Göttinger Asiatische Forschungen, Bd. 10] - Wiesbaden

*Livšic, V. A. [1965]: Nadpisi na freskakh iz Afrasiaba - In: Tezisy dokladov sessii, posvyašçennoy istorii zhivopisi stran Azii. 15 noyabrya - 20 noyabrya 1965. Pod redakciey N. V. D'yakonovoy, T. A. Izmailovoy, A. A. Ivanova. Leningrad, pp. 5-7

Livšic, V. A. [1979]: Praviteli Pança - In: Narody Azii i Afriki, no. 4, pp. 56-68

Maljavkin, A. G. [1989]: Tanskie khroniki o gosudarstvakh Central'noy Azii - Novosibirsk

Malyavkin, A. [1989]: The Sogdian trading alliance - In: Information Bulletin. International Association for the Study of the Cultures of Central Asia (Moscow), 15, pp. 67-73

*Maršak, B. I. [1990]: Tematika rospisey 'zala poslov' Afrasiaba - In: Formirovanie i razvitie trass Velikogo šelkovogo puti v Central'noy Azii v drevnosti i srednevekov'e. Tezisy dokladov mezhdunarodnogo seminara YuNESKO. Samarkand, 1-6 oktyabrya 1990 g. Glavnyy redaktor: A. A. Askarov. Taškent, pp. 162-165

Maršak, B. I. [2001]: The Sogdians in their homeland - In: Juliano, A. L. - Lerner, J. A. (ed.): Monks and merchants. Silk Road treasures from Northwest China. Gansu and Ningxia, 4th-7th century - New York, pp. 231-237

Metzler, D. [1989]: Über das Konzept der "Vier großen Königreiche" in Manis Kephalaia (cap. 77) - In: Klio, 71, 2, pp. 446-459

*(Mode) Simon, Hanne [1978]: Die Chinesen auf den Wandmalereien von Afrasiab (Altsamarkand). Kolloquium, Halle/S. 1977 - In: Ethnographisch-Archäologische Zeitschrift (Berlin), 19, pp. 132-133

*(Mode) Simon, Hanne [1980]: Einige Bemerkungen zu der Darstellung von Chinesen auf der Nordwand des Raumes I in Afrasiab (Altsamarkand) - In: Wiss. Zeitschr. d. Martin-Luther-Univ. Halle-Wittenberg, Ges.-Sprachw. R. (Halle/Saale), XXIX, pp. 97-102, 133-136

*Mode, M. [1990]: Studien zur Ikonographie sogdischer Wandgemälde. Habilitationsschrift... Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg - Halle

*Motov, Yu. A. [1999]: Izobrazhenie misterii prazdnika Mikhragan v nastennykh rospisyakh afrasiabskogo dvorca - In: Istoriya i arkheologiya Semireç'ya. Sbornik statey i publikaciy. Otv. red. A. N. Mar'yašev. Almaty, pp. 57-81 <a lenghty new study, but completely misleading>

Otavsky, K. [1998]: Zur kunsthistorischen Einordnung der Stoffe - In: Entlang der Seidenstraße. Frühmittelalterliche Kunst zwischen Persien und China in der Abegg-Stiftung. Hrsg. v. K. Otavsky. (=Riggisberger Berichte, 6). Riggisberg, pp. 119-214

Pan Yihong [1997]: Son of heaven and heavenly qaghan: Sui-Tang China and its neighbors - Bellingham, Wash.

Pugatschenkowa, G. A. [1975]: Samarkand, Buchara - Berlin

Rorex, R. A. [1984]: Some Liao tomb murals and images of nomads in Chinese paintings of the Wen-chi story - In: Artibus Asiae (Ascona), vol. XLV, pp. 174-198

*Rospisi Afrasiaba [1976] - Taškent [separate publication of illustrations from Al'baum 1975]

Schaeder, H. H. [1934]: Iranica. 1. Das Auge des Königs. 2. Fu-lin [= Abhandl. d. Gesellsch. d. Wiss. zu Göttingen. Phil.-hist. Kl., 3. Folge, Nr. 10] - Berlin

Sinor, D. [1990]: The establishment and dissolution of the Türk empire - In: The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia. Ed. by D. Sinor. Cambridge (u. a.), pp. 285-316

Šiškin, V. A. [1969]: K istorii arkheologiçeskogo izuçeniya Samarkanda i ego okrestnostey - In: Afrasiab (Taškent), Vyp. I, pp. 3-121

Smirnova, O. I. [1970]: Oçerki iz istorii Sogda - Moskva

Smirnova, O. I. [1970]: Sogd (K istorii izuçeniya strany i o zadaçakh ee issledovaniya) - In: Palestinskiy sbornik (Leningrad), vyp. 21 (84), pp. 121-150

Smirnova, O. I. [1981]: Svodnyy katalog sogdiyskikh monet. Bronza - Moskva

Spuler, B. [1952]: Iran in frühislamischer Zeit [= Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur [Mainz], Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, Bd. II] - Wiesbaden

at-Tabari - Belyaev, V. I. [1987]: Istoriya at-Tabari. (Perevod iz arabskogo: V. I. Belyaev. Dopolneniya k perevodu: O. G. Bol'šakov, A. B. Khalidov) - Taškent

Tang Li Xian mu bihua (Murals in the tomb of Li Hsien of the Tang dynasty) [1974] - Peking

Ter-Mkrtiçyan, L. Kh. [1979]: Armyanskie istoçniki o Sredney Azii V-VII vv. - Moskva

Werner, J. [1984]: Ein byzantinischer 'Steigbügel' aus Cariçin Grad - In: Cariçin Grad I. Édité par N. Duval et V. Popoviç. (=Collection de l'École Française de Rome, 75). Belgrade, Rome, pp. 147-155

Wittfogel, K. A. - Fêng Chia-shêng [1949]: History of Chinese society. Liao (907-1125). With the assistance of J. De Francis, E. S. Goldfrank, L. Kisselgoff, and K. H. Menges [= Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. New Series, vol. 36, 1946] - Philadelphia

*Yacenko, S. [1995]: O toçnoy date i obstoyatel'stvakh pribytiya posol'stv, izobrazhennykh na rospisyakh Afrasiaba - In: Tezisy III - Mezhdunarodnogo simpoziuma 'Uzbekistan vklad v civilizaciyu. Bukhara i mirovaya kul'tura', pp. 13-17

Yoshida Yutaka [1996]: Additional notes on Sims-Williams' article on the Sogdian merchants in China and India - In: Cina e Iran da Alessandro Magno alla Dinastia Tang. A cura di A. Cadonna e L. Lanciotti. (=Orientalia Veneziana, V). Firenze, pp. 69-78


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