Dictionary of Islamic Architecture

Petersen, Andrew

ISBN 10: 0415060842 / ISBN 13: 9780415060844

Published by Routledge, 1996

About this Item

342 pages : 125 illustrations ; 26 cm. Contents:
Ajimez * Allepo * Arabesque * Artesando * Bijapur * Bulgaria * Byzantine * Crusader Period * Desert * Fathy, Hassan * Fez * Gardens * Ghana * Granada * Harem * House * Jerusalem * Mamluk Architecture * Minaret * Mosaic * Mosque of Amr * Oman * Pakistan * Qatar * Semahane * Singapore * Spain * Taj Mahal * Tomb of the Abasid Caliphs.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dictionary of Islamic Architecture
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415060842
• ISBN 13: 9780415060844
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dimensions: 3.18W x 19.68H x 26.67D centimeters 3.18 centimeters width by 19.68 centimeters height by 26.67 centimeters depth
• Weight: 1179 grams

About this title

Synopsis

The Dictionary of Islamic Architecture provides the fullest range of artistic, technical, archaeological, cultural and biographical data for the entire geographical and chronological spread of Islamic architecture - from West Africa through the Middle East to Indonesia, and from the seventh to the eighteenth centuries of the Common Era.
Over 500 entries are arranged alphabetically and fully cross-referenced and indexed to permit easy access to the text and to link items of related interest.
Four main categories of subject matter are explored:
* dynastic and regional overviews
* individual site descriptions
* biographical entries
* technical definitions
Over 100 relevant plans, sketch maps, photographs and other illustrations complement and illuminate the entries, and the needs of the reader requiring further information are met by individual entry bibliographies.

About the Author

Andrew Petersen is an archaeologist specializing in Islamic architecture. He has worked on archaeological excavations and building surveys in Iraq, Jordan, Oman, Turkey, Kenya and Tanzania. He is currently working for the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem as field director of the Medieval and Ottoman Survey and as a team member of the International Merv Project in the former Soviet republic of Turkmentistan. Jerusalem.