Perspectives on Early Islamic Art in Jerusalem
Perspectives on Early Islamic Art in Jerusalem

Author: Lawrence Nees

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-09-17

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9004302077

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Through its material remains, Perspectives on Early Islamic Art in Jerusalem analyzes several overlooked aspects of the earliest decades of Islamic presence in Jerusalem, during the seventh century CE. Focusing on the Haram al-Sharif, also known as the Temple Mount, Lawrence Nees provides the first sustained study of the Dome of the Chain, a remarkable eleven-sided building standing beside the slightly later Dome of the Rock, and the first study of the meaning of the columns and column capitals with figures of eagles in the Dome of the Rock. He also provides a new interpretation of the earliest mosque in Jerusalem, the Haram as a whole, with the sacred Rock at its center.

In the Shadow of the Church
In the Shadow of the Church

Author: Mattia Guidetti

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2016-11-07

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 9004328831

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In his book In the Shadow of the Church: The Building of Mosques in Early Medieval Syria Mattia Guidetti examines the establishment of Muslim religious architecture within the Christian context in which it first appeared in the Syrian region, contributing to the debate on the transformation of late antique society to a Muslim one. He scrutinizes the slow process of conversion to Islam of the most important town centers by looking at religious places of both communities between the seventh and the eleventh century. The author assesses the relevancy of churches by analyzing the location of mosques and by researching phenomena of transfer of marble material from churches to mosques.

Bayt Al-Maqdis: Jerusalem and early Islam
Bayt Al-Maqdis: Jerusalem and early Islam

Author: Julian Raby

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13:

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At the end of the seventh century A.D., the Muslims rebuilt the former Temple Mount and created one of the most potent religious sites in the world. The articles in these volumes look at the different aspects of the architecture and the intentions of the builders in establishing this complex.

The Architecture of Ottoman Jerusalem
The Architecture of Ottoman Jerusalem

Author: Robert Hillenbrand

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13:

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A well illustrated introduction to the splendid public monuments of Ottoman Jerusalem, including mosques, madrasas, Sufi convents, minarets, fountains and the famous structures of the Haram.

Muqarnas, Volume 25
Muqarnas, Volume 25

Author: Gülru Necipoglu

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2009-03-31

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 9047426746

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Muqarnas is sponsored by The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. In Muqarnas articles are being published on all aspects of Islamic visual culture, historical and contemporary, as well as articles dealing with unpublished textual primary sources.

The Dome of the Rock
The Dome of the Rock

Author: Oleg Grabar

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2006-10-30

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9780674023130

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The Dome of the Rock was fully restored in the last half-century, it was built during the reign of Herod.