Title:
The Dome of the Rock / Saèid Nuseibeh, Oleg Grabar ; with 200 illustrations, 150 in colour.
Author:
Nuseibeh, Said.
Grabar, Oleg.
Grabar, Oleg.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem / Oleg Grabar -- Introduction -- Shape and appearance of the Dome -- Space occupied by the Dome -- Belief and practices associated with the Dome -- Formal and decorative features of the Dome and their sources -- The mosaics / Sa�id Nuseibeh, text and epigraphy translations -- The outer octagonal arcade -- The inner octagonal arcade -- The circular arcade and drum mosaics -- Historical accounts. Memories of the Dome of the Rock / Ibn Batuta -- On building the Dome of the Rock and activities therein / Jam�al ad-Din Ahmad -- On the haram and Dome of the Rock / Muqadisi -- To photograph the farthest mosque / Sa�id Nuseibeh -- Glossary of Arabic terms.
Publisher:
Thames and Hudson,
Publication Place:
London :
ISBN:
0500341486
Subject:
Religious architecture.
Bildband
Mosqu�ees -- J�erusalem.
Qubbat al-ٍSakhrah (Mosque : Jerusalem)
Contents:
The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem / Oleg Grabar -- Introduction -- Shape and appearance of the Dome -- Space occupied by the Dome -- Belief and practices associated with the Dome -- Formal and decorative features of the Dome and their sources -- The mosaics / Sa�id Nuseibeh, text and epigraphy translations -- The outer octagonal arcade -- The inner octagonal arcade -- The circular arcade and drum mosaics -- Historical accounts. Memories of the Dome of the Rock / Ibn Batuta -- On building the Dome of the Rock and activities therein / Jam�al ad-Din Ahmad -- On the haram and Dome of the Rock / Muqadisi -- To photograph the farthest mosque / Sa�id Nuseibeh -- Glossary of Arabic terms.
Physical Description:
175 p. : ill. (some col.), map, plans ;
Publication Date:
1996.
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