Sacred precincts: the religious architecture of non-Muslim communities across the Islamic world

Sacred Precincts examines non-Muslim religious sites in the Islamic world, revealing how architecture responds to contextual issues and traditions. It explores urban contexts; issues of identity; design; construction; transformation and the history of sacred sites in the Middle East and Africa from...

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Weitere Verfasser: Gharipour, Mohammad (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston Brill 2014
Schriftenreihe:Arts and archaeology of the Islamic world volume 3
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Zusammenfassung:Sacred Precincts examines non-Muslim religious sites in the Islamic world, revealing how architecture responds to contextual issues and traditions. It explores urban contexts; issues of identity; design; construction; transformation and the history of sacred sites in the Middle East and Africa from the advent of Islam to the 20th century. The book includes case studies on churches, synagogues and sacred sites in Iran, Turkey, Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Tunisia, Morocco, Malta, Nigeria, Mali, and Gambia
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xxxviii, 542 pages illustrations (some color), maps, plans 27 cm
ISBN:9789004279063
9789004280229

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