Carpentry and Building in Late Imperial China : A Study of the Fifteenth-Century Carpenter's Manual Lu Ban jing / Ruitenbeek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruitenbeek, author.

Series:

Sinica Leidensia ; 23.

Sinica Leidensia Online, ISBN: 9789004498488.

Sinica Leidensia ; 23

Sinica Leidensia Online, ISBN: 9789004498488

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Building--Early works to 1800.

Building.

Carpentry--Early works to 1800.

Carpentry.

House construction--Early works to 1800.

House construction.

Building--China--History.

Carpentry--China--History.

House construction--China--History.

China--History--Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

A Study of the Fifteenth-Century Carpenter's Manual Lu Ban jing

Place of Publication:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 1992.

Summary:

This volume deals with the world of carpenters and joiners in late Imperial China, discussing both the technical and the religious and ritual aspects of building. It uses as its point of departure a unique and hitherto unused source: the fifteenth-century carpenter's manual Lu Ban jing . The first part of the book examines building materials, the life of labourers and craftsmen, and the process of building a house. Subjects included are the choice of favourable measurements, the ritual of raising the ridge pole, and the complete, annotated translation of the Lu Ban jing , preceded by a bibliographic essay. The sections on furniture construction are especially important for the art historian. The book is finely illustrated with more than eighty original drawings and includes a facsimile of the extremely rare, richly illustrated earliest edition of the Lu Ban jing , dating from ca. 1600.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Editor: David Thomas

Introduction / Editor: David Thomas

Foreword / Editor: David Thomas

'Melkites', 'Jacobites' and the Christological Controversies in Arabic in Third/Ninth-Century Syria / Sidney Griffith

A Christian Reading of the Qur'an: The Legend of Sergius-Baḥīrā and its use of Qur'an and Sīra / Barbara Roggema

The Prophet Muḥammad as Seen by Timothy I and other Arab Christian Authors / Samir K. Samir

The Martyrdom of 'Abd Al-Masīḥ, Superior of Mount Sinai (Qays Al-Ghassānī) / Mark N. Swanson

Ibn Buṭlān in Bilād Al-Shām: The Career of a Travelling Christian Physician / Lawrence Conrad

The Armenian Intermezzo in Bilād Al-Shām Between the Fourth/Tenth and Sixth/Twelfth Centuries / Seta B. Dadoyan

Leaves from an Illustrated Syriac Lectionary of the Seventh/Thirteenth Century / Lucy-Anne Hunt

Paul of Antioch's Letter to a Muslim Friend and The Letter from Cyprus / David Thomas

Bibliography / Editor: David Thomas

Index / Editor: David Thomas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Carpentry and Building in Late Imperial China : A Study of the Fifteenth-Century Carpenter's Manual Lu Ban jing.

ISBN:

9789004487970

9789004092587

OCLC:

609725942

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004487970 DOI

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