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Muhammadan architecture in Egypt and Palestine,/ by Martin S. Briggs.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection NA380 .B74 1924
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Briggs, Martin S. (Martin Shaw), b. 1882.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture--Egypt.
- Architecture.
- Islamic architecture--Egypt.
- Islamic architecture.
- Architecture--Palestine.
- Islamic architecture--Palestine.
- Mosques--Egypt.
- Mosques.
- Islamic decoration and ornament.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 255 p., [79] p. of plates : ill., plans ; 30 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press, 1924.
- Contents:
- The birth of Islam
- The first mosques (A.D. 622-868)
- The Mosque of Ibn Ṭūlūn at Cairo (A.D. 868-969)
- The Fātịmids in Cairo (A.D. 969-1171)
- The architecture of Saladin and the influence of the Crusades (A.D. 1171-1250)
- The buildings of the Turkish Mamelukes (A.D. 1250-1382)
- The buildings of the Circassian Mamelukes (A.D. 1382-1517)
- Architecture after the Turkish conquest in A.D. 1517
- Domestic architecture
- The nature of Saracenic ornament
- Craftsmanship: stone, marble, and stucco
- Craftsmanship: woodwork
- Craftsmanship: metalwork, glass, and ceramics
- Conclusion
- Glossary.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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