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

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gharipour, Mohammad (Editor ), Guidetti, Mattia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Brill, 2014.
Colección:Arts and archaeology of the Islamic world.
Temas:
Religious architecture > Islamic countries.
Architecture and society > Islamic countries.
Architecture religieuse > Pays musulmans.
Architecture et société > Pays musulmans.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Religious.
Architecture and society
Religious architecture
Islamic countries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 the Gambia.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004280229
9004280227

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