Early Muslim Architecture : Umayyads, early Abbasids & Tulunids. Part One: Umayyads A.D. 622-750 : with a contribution on the mosaics of the Dome of the Rock and the Great Mosque at Damascus.

Creswell, K.A.C. ; van Berchem, Marguerite ; Saxl, Fritz ; Beer, Arthur

Published by Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1932

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XXV + 414 pages + 81 plates, 491 figures, elephant folio (45 x 33 cm), publisher's original green cloth gilt, the boards themselves are nice and clean preserved thanks to the transparent protective layer, which is slightly browned and slightly stained (see photo), very good condition: an internally impeccable, clean and tight copy of the rare first edition (limited to 500 copies, this is no. 277), provenance: Nicole & Michel Thierry, their neat bookplate inside front board. - - Contents/chapters: Part one: Umayyads. I. Primitive Islam. - - II. Primitive Islam (continued). - - III. The works of 'Abd al-Malik. - - IV. The works of al-Walid. - - V. Marguerite van Berchem: The mosaics of the Dome of the Rock at Jerusalem and of the Great Mosque at Damascus. Part I. The mosaics of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem: Preface, Introduction, I. The texts, II. The composition, III. Decorative motives, IV. The technique, V. Actual condition of the mosaics, VI. Conclusion. - Part II. The mosaics of the Great Mosque at Damascus: Introduction, I. Description on the mosaics, II. The technique, III. Conclusion. - - VI. Qusayr 'Amra, Hammam as-Sarakh and the Mosque at Qusayr al-Hallabat: Qusayr 'Amra. - Hammam as-Sarakh. - Architectural origins. - The Mosque at Qusayr al-Hallabat. - Fritz Saxl: The zodiac of Qusayr 'Amra. - Arthur Beer: The astronomical significance of the zodiac of Qusayr Amra. - - VII. The evolution of the pendentive. - - VIII. The works of the Khalifs Sulayman and Hisham: The later Umayyad period, Sulayman founds Ramla and builds the Great Mosque, The first Great Mosque at Aleppo. - The Minaret of the Great Mosque at Qairawan. - Qasr al-Hair. - Architectural origins. - - IX. Mshatta, Qasr at-Tuba, etc.: Mshatta, . Qasr at-Tuba. - Architectural origins. - The date of Mshatta and Qasr at-Tuba. - The Great Mosque at Harran. - General Summary. - - Appendix. - - Plates 1-81. [very heavy book, will require additional postage].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Early Muslim Architecture : Umayyads, early Abbasids & Tulunids. Part One: Umayyads A.D. 622-750 : with a contribution on the mosaics of the Dome of the Rock and the Great Mosque at Damascus.
• Publisher: Clarendon Press, Oxford
• Publication Date: 1932
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1. Auflage
• Condition: Sehr gut
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