Early Muslim Architecture : Umayyads, early Abbasids & Tulunids. Part One: Umayyads A.D. 622-750 : with a contribution on the mosaics of the Dome of the Rock and the Great Mosque at Damascus.

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XXV + 414 pages + 81 plates, 491 figures, elephant folio (45 x 33 cm), publisher's original green cloth gilt, the boards themselves are nice and clean preserved thanks to the transparent protective layer, which is slightly browned and slightly stained (see photo), very good condition: an internally impeccable, clean and tight copy of the rare first edition (limited to 500 copies, this is no. 277), provenance: Nicole & Michel Thierry, their neat bookplate inside front board. - - Contents/chapters: Part one: Umayyads. I. Primitive Islam. - - II. Primitive Islam (continued). - - III. The works of 'Abd al-Malik. - - IV. The works of al-Walid. - - V. Marguerite van Berchem: The mosaics of the Dome of the Rock at Jerusalem and of the Great Mosque at Damascus. Part I. The mosaics of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem: Preface, Introduction, I. The texts, II. The composition, III. Decorative motives, IV. The technique, V. Actual condition of the mosaics, VI. Conclusion. - Part II. The mosaics of the Great Mosque at Damascus: Introduction, I. Description on the mosaics, II. The technique, III. Conclusion. - - VI. Qusayr 'Amra, Hammam as-Sarakh and the Mosque at Qusayr al-Hallabat: Qusayr 'Amra. - Hammam as-Sarakh. - Architectural origins. - The Mosque at Qusayr al-Hallabat. - Fritz Saxl: The zodiac of Qusayr 'Amra. - Arthur Beer: The astronomical significance of the zodiac of Qusayr Amra. - - VII. The evolution of the pendentive. - - VIII. The works of the Khalifs Sulayman and Hisham: The later Umayyad period, Sulayman founds Ramla and builds the Great Mosque, The first Great Mosque at Aleppo. - The Minaret of the Great Mosque at Qairawan. - Qasr al-Hair. - Architectural origins. - - IX. Mshatta, Qasr at-Tuba, etc.: Mshatta, . Qasr at-Tuba. - Architectural origins. - The date of Mshatta and Qasr at-Tuba. - The Great Mosque at Harran. - General Summary. - - Appendix. - - Plates 1-81. [very heavy book, will require additional postage].

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Titel

Early Muslim Architecture : Umayyads, early Abbasids & Tulunids. Part One: Umayyads A.D. 622-750 : with a contribution on the mosaics of the Dome of the Rock and the Great Mosque at Damascus.

Verlag

Clarendon Press, Oxford

Erscheinungsjahr

1932

Sprache

Englisch

Einband

Hardcover

Auflage

1. Auflage

Zustand

Sehr gut

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