A Franciscan Tombstone in Medieval China with Nancy Wu

Earlier this year, we looked at the journey a pair of Eastern Christians made from their home near Bejing to Europe in the thirteenth century. Today, we’re investigating some incredible archaeological evidence of Franciscan missionary activity on the farthest shores of China. This week, Danièle speaks with Nancy Wu about a fourteenth-century Franciscan tombstone found in Quanzhou, what the religious community there was like, and what a tombstone can tell us about art, culture, and technique.

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