Title & Author:

Sacred architecture in the traditions of India, China, Judaism, and Islam / edited by Emily Lyle.

Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 1992.

Description:

220 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Series:

Cosmos ; 8

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Symbology and architectural practice in India / Michael W. Meister -- Cosmogonic motifs in Indian temples / J. McKim Malville -- The Hindu temple : a dynamic microcosm / Adam Hardy -- The symbolism of the central pillars in cave-temples of northwest China / Puay-Peng Ho -- Chinese Buddhist monastic temples as cosmograms / Jeffrey F. Meyer -- Boundary maintenance : territorial altars and areas in rural China / Stephan Feuchtwang -- Dwelling at the centre of the world / C.B. Wilson -- Tabernacle and temple and the cosmos of the Jews / John Onians -- The traditional Hejazi house as a macrocosm / Hisham A.S. Jomah -- The iconography of light in the monuments of Mamluk Cairo / F.B. Flood -- The madrasa of Sultan Hassan in Cairo : a cosmological interpretation / Aly Gabr.

ISBN:

0748603751 (pbk.)
9780748603756 (pbk.)

Subject:

Temples India.
Temples China.
Synagogue architecture Israel.
Mosques.
Religious facilities.
Architecture India.
Islamic architecture.
Architecture, Asian.
Architecture synagogale Israël.
Constructions religieuses.
Architecture Inde.
Architecture islamique.
Architecture orientale.
religious buildings.
Architecture
Synagogue architecture
Temples
Islam
Judentum
Sakralbau
China
India
Israel
Indien
Religious buildings Architecture

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Added entries:

Lyle, Emily B.
Traditional Cosmology Society.
Cosmos (Edinburgh, Scotland) ; 8.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 250661
Call No.: BIB 180159
Status: Available