Sacred precincts : the religious architecture of non-Muslim communities across the Islamic world / edited by Mohammad Gharipour.

Title & Author:

Sacred precincts : the religious architecture of non-Muslim communities across the Islamic world / edited by Mohammad Gharipour.

Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
©2015

Description:

xxxviii, 542 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 27 cm.

Series:

Arts and archaeology of the Islamic world ; volume 3

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identity -- Design -- Construction -- Re-use.
Reproduces CCA collection material.

Summary:

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.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9789004279063 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9004279067 (hardback ; alk. paper)
(e-book)
9789004280229

Subject:

Religious architecture Islamic countries.
Architecture and society Islamic countries.
Architecture religieuse Pays musulmans.
Architecture et société Pays musulmans.
Architecture and society.
Religious architecture.
Islamic countries.
Centre canadien d'architecture Collection

Added entries:

Gharipour, Mohammad, editor.
Guidetti, Mattia. Churches attracting mosques.
Gharipour, Mohammad editor.
Arts and archaeology of the Islamic world ; v. 3.

Religious architecture of non-Muslim communities across the Islamic world

Holdings:

Location: Library main 289313
Call No.: BIB 231666
Status: Available

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