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Title:

The mosque : history, architectural development & regional diversity / edited by Martin Frishman and Hasan-Uddin Khan ; texts by Mohammad Al-Asad ...[et al.]

Publisher:

Thames and Hudson,

Copyright Date:

1994

Description:

288 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 31 cm.

Subject:

Architecture, Islamic.
Mosques.

Other Authors:

Al-Asad, Mohammad.
Frishman, Martin.
Khan, Hasan-Uddin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-282) and index.

Contents:

Islam and the form of the mosque / Martin Frishman -- The role of calligraphy / Wheeler M. Thackston -- Applications of geometry / Mohammad Al-Asad -- Introduction : regionalism / Ismail Serageldin -- The central Arab lands / Dogăn Kuban -- Spain and north Africa / Antonio Fernández-Puertas -- Iran and central Asia / Bernard O'Kane -- Anatolia and the Ottoman legacy / Gülru Necipoğlu -- The Indian subcontinent / Perween Hasan -- Sub-Saharan West Africa / Labelle Prussin -- East Africa / Mark Horton -- China / Luo Xiaowei -- South-East Asia / Hugh O'Neill -- The mosque in Islamic society today / Oleg Grabar -- An overview of contemporary mosques / Hasan-Uddin Khan -- The metamorphosis of the sacred / Mohammed Arkoun.

ISBN:

9780500341339
0500341338

OCLC:

(OCoLC)31758698
(OCoLC)31768683

LCCN:

94060347

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)