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The Ka'ba orientations : readings in Islam's ancient house / Mecca.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Meara, Simon, author.
- Series:
- Edinburgh scholarship online.
- Edinburgh scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kaʻbah (Mecca, Saudi Arabia).
- Islamic architecture--Saudia Arabia--Mecca.
- Islamic architecture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 253 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- The most sacred site of Islam, the Ka'ba (the granite cuboid structure at the centre of the Great Mosque of Mecca) is here investigated by examining six of its predominantly spatial effects.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- One: The Kaʿba as Qibla
- Two: The Kaʿba as Navel
- Three: The Kaʿba as Substructure
- Four: The Kaʿba as Beloved
- Five: The House as Holder
- Six: The House as Dwelling
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Sep 2020).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4744-8469-7
- 0-7486-9931-7
- OCLC:
- 1306538138
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