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The story of how this magnificent Islamic treasure was painstakingly reconstructed under the aegis of the Jordanian royal family.
Early one morning in August 1969 a firebomb was set off in the al-Aqsa mosque in the heart of one of the holiest places in Jerusalem. A devastating blaze soon engulfed the thousand-year-old building, severely damaging the interior.
When the firemen had put out the flames, a sodden pile of ashes was discovered, all that remained of one of the jewels of Islamic art—the Minbar of Saladin. An extraordinary piece of craftsmanship, the Minbar, or pulpit, had been installed by Saladin in the mosque on his triumphant recapture of Jerusalem from the Crusaders in 1187. Made of 16,000 pieces of intricately carved wood, adorned with ivory and ebony, it was widely acknowledged as a pinnacle of Islamic design and woodcarving.
This book on the Minbar's reconstruction tells of the quest to fathom the principles of Islamic sacred geometry and to decipher how the Minbar's complex patterns were created. This was followed by a worldwide search for materials and for craftsmen who still possessed the necessary skills—skills that had seemed lost in today's world of mass production and modern technology.
The book also illustrates the work of the Prince of Wales's School of Traditional Arts in London and the College of Traditional Islamic Arts & Architecture in al-Salt, Jordan, where many of the crafts for which Islamic art and architecture are celebrated are being revived.
Published to accompany the documentary film Stairway to Heaven, narrated by Kenneth Branagh. Forewords by HRH The Prince of Wales and HRH Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad of Jordan. 200 illustrations, 170 in color.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. New York: Thames & Hudson Thames and Hudson, 2008. 206 pages; numerous color illustrations. The destruction by arson of the Minbar in 1969; the collaboration to reconstruct the work, which embodied the most spledid Islamic artisanship and craftsmanship of the 12th ecentury. The book also offers historican context of Islamic beginnings, Islamic leaders, such as Nur al-Din and Saladin, Islamic sacred art, and more. Clean and bright throughout; tight binding. First Edition. Black embossed cloth. Fine/Fine. 11" x 9.5". Language: ENG. Seller Inventory # 005126
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. NYC: Thames & Hudson, 2008. 1st edition, F/F. Book and dust jacket have little wear. 213 illustrations, 145 in colo, plus many geographic designs. Includes glossary, further reading and index. The Minbar was considered the finest wooden pulpit in the Islamic world, where it existed from some 800 years in the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. It was destroyed by a tourist in1969. This book follows its incredibly complicated reconstruction. A book for "anyone interested in Islamic art, sacred design, the history of the Holy Land and the revival of traditional crafts." Beautiful copy. 206 pp. Seller Inventory # 005040