Bayt Farhi and the Sephardic palaces of Ottoman Damascus in the late 18th and 19th centuries /

Bayt Farhi and the Sephardic palaces of Ottoman Damascus in the late 18th and 19th centuries /

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Main Author: Macaulay-Lewis, Elizabeth (Author)

Other Authors: Ashkenazie, Ezra.

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Boston, MA : American Schools of Oriental Research, [2018].

Series: Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research ; 72.
AASOR ; 72.
Manar al-Athar monograph ; 4.

Subjects:

Beit Farhi (Damascus, Syria)
Palaces > Syria > Damascus.
Damascus (Syria) > Buildings, structures, etc.

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Call Number: DS101 .A45 v.72

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Table of Contents:
  • The Farhi family and the Jewish community of Damascus in the 18th and 19th centuries
  • Monumental courtyard houses in Ottoman Damascus and Syria
  • Overview of the architecture of Bayt Farhi
  • The Bayt Farhi inscriptions / by Ezra Ashkenazie
  • Other 19th-century high status Jewish houses and their evolution
  • The Barrani courtyard
  • The Juwwani, middle, and service courtyards.