Main entry:

Grabar, Oleg, author.

Title & Author:

The shape of the holy : early Islamic Jerusalem / Oleg Grabar ; with contributions by Mohammad al-Asad, Abeer Audeh, Saïd Nuseibeh.

Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1996]
©1996

Description:

xiv, 232 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-225) and index.
Introduction: The Period and Its Sources -- Ch. 1. The Formation of an Islamic City -- Ch. 2. The Dome of the Rock -- Ch. 3. The Haram and Its Buildings -- Ch. 4. The Fatimid City -- Conclusion: The Shape of the Holy -- Appendix A. Using Computer-Aided Design Programs for Urban and Architectural Reconstructions -- The Case of Early Islamic Jerusalem / Mohammad al-Asad -- Appendix B. The Inscriptions of the Dome of the Rock: Arabic Text.
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Summary:

From the time of Herod through the Crusades, Jerusalem had officially "changed its religion" several times, with Jews, Christians, and Muslims inscribing the story of their faiths on the urban landscape. In this handsomely illustrated book, noted Islamist Oleg Grabar offers a rare account of the great role played by early Islam in defining the "look" of Jerusalem that remained largely intact until the twentieth century. From about 640 to 1100, Muslims transformed Christian Jerusalem, mainly the area now known as the Haram al-Sharif, both physically and ideologically to embody their new faith.
Grabar examines this process, showing how it led to great architectural achievements, including The Dome of the Rock, still perhaps the most vivid image to impress any visitor to Jerusalem. Offering a major photographic record of The Dome's mosaics in color together with its interiors, this book shows in rich detail how Islam articulated itself architecturally, touching on historical and legendary memories and on themes of both religious harmony and Islamic triumph.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0691036535 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780691036533 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Qubbat al-Ṣakhrah (Mosque : Jerusalem)
Qubbat al-Ṣakhra (Jérusalem : Mosquée)
Dome of the Rock (Jerusalem, Israel)
Antiquities
Moskeeën.
Stedenbouw.
Islamic art Israel.
Antiquités islamiques Jérusalem.
Mosquées Jérusalem.
Jerusalem History.
Temple Mount (Jerusalem)
Jerusalem Antiquities.
Jérusalem Histoire.
Temple, Colline du (Jérusalem)
Jérusalem Antiquités.
Middle East Jerusalem
Middle East Jerusalem Temple Mount
Jerusalem (Israel) Antiquities.
Jerusalem (Israel) In Islam.
Temple Mount (Jerusalem, Israel)

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Al-Asad, Mohammad, contributor.
Audeh, Abeer, contributor.
Nuseibeh, Said, contributor.

Early Islamic Jerusalem

Holdings:

Location: Library main 191289
Call No.: ID DS109.916.G7; ID:97-B1942
Status: Available