Perspectives on early Islamic art in Jerusalem /
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Through its material remains, Perspectives on Early Islamic Art in Jerusalem analyzes several overlooked aspects of the earliest decades of Islamic presence in Jerusalem, during the seventh century CE. Focusing on the Haram al-Sharif , also known as the Temple Mount, Lawrence Nees provides the first sustained study of the Dome of the Chain, a remarkable eleven-sided building standing beside the slightly later Dome of the Rock, and the first study of the meaning of the columns and column capitals with figures of eagles in the Dome of the Rock. He also provides a new interpretation of the earliest mosque in Jerusalem, the Haram as a whole, with the sacred Rock at its center.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004302075 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
The Great Mosque of Damascus : Studies on the Makings of an Umayyad Visual Culture /
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The celebrated Great Mosque of Damascus was built in the early eighth century by the Umayyad caliph al-Walīd b. 'Abd al-Malik. This book provides a detailed study of this Mosque. Using textual, visual, and archaeological evidence, the author attempts to reconstruct some of the basic formal and decorative features of the Umayyad mosque, to locate it within its broader urban context, and to consider its role within al-Walīd's unprecedented programme of architectural patronage. The work explores the intracultural and intercultural functions of religious architecture within an official visual discourse intended to project a distinctive Muslim identity in a manner determined by Umayyad political aspirations. It will be of particular interest to those concerned with the relationship between the Umayyad caliphate and Byzantium.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004491618
9789004116382
The Image of an Ottoman City : Imperial Architecture and Urban Experience in Aleppo in the 16th and 17th Centuries /
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This urban and architectural study of Aleppo, a center of early modern global trade, draws upon archival and narrative texts, architectural evidence, and contemporary theoretical discussions of the relation between imperial ideology, urban patterns and rituals, and architectural form. The first two centuries of Ottoman rule fostered tremendous urban development and reorientation through judiciously sited acts of patronage. Monumental structures endowed by Ottoman officials both introduced a new imperial architecture from Istanbul and incorporated formal elements from the local urban visual language. By viewing the urban and social contexts of these acts, tracing their evolution over two centuries, and examining their discussion in Ottoman and Arabic sources, this book proposes a new model for understanding the local reception and adaptation of imperial forms, institutions and norms.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789047404224
9789004124547
Mesopotamia, Syria and Transjordan in the Archibald Creswell photograph collection of the Biblioteca Berenson /
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Keppel Archibald Cameron Creswell (1879-1974) developed an early interest in Islamic architecture, considering photography as an essential tool for recording architectural artefacts. This volume presents the photographs that concern Mesopotamia, Syria and Jordan, kept today at the Biblioteca Berenson in Florence.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (324 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803274560 (PDF ebook) :
Ramla : city of Muslim Palestine, 715-1917 : studies in history, archaeology and architecture /
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This book presents a comprehensive overview of the history, archaeology and architecture of the city of Ramla from the time of its foundation as the capital of Umayyad Palestine around 715 until the end of Ottoman rule in 1917.
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Also issued in print: 2021. :
1 online resource (332 pages) : illustrations (black and white) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789697773 (PDF ebook) :
Ṣāliḥ Lamʻī Muṣṭafá fī arwiqat al-turāth al-ʻimrānī : Minṭaqat Makkah al-Mukarramah, al-Mamlakah al-ʻArabīyah al-Saʻūdīyah /
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Raqm al-īdāʻ: 706/1443. :
464 pages : illustrations (some color), plans (some color) ; 25 x 33 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 460- 463). :
9786038014493
6038014497
Ṣāliḥ Lamʻī Muṣṭafá fī arwiqat al-turāth al-ʻimrānī : Minṭaqat al-Riyāḍ, al-Mamlakah al-ʻArabīyah al-Saʻūdīyah /
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Raqm al-īdāʻ: 1262/1443. :
308 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans (some color) ; 25 x 33 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 302- 306). :
9786038014516
6038014519
Ṣāliḥ Lamʻī Muṣṭafá fī arwiqat al-turāth al-ʻimrānī : Minṭaqat al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, al-Mamlakah al-ʻArabīyah al-Saʻūdīyah /
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Raqm al-īdāʻ: 360/1443. :
268 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans (some color) ; 25 x 33 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265- 267). :
9786038014486
6038014489