The Mosque: History, Architectural Development & Regional Diversity
This book, with contributions by sixteen eminent scholars, traces the history and development of the mosque since its origins in Medina and Mecca in the time of the Prophet Muhammad, explaining its traditional religious and teaching role in Muslim society, as well as its characteristic...
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This book, with contributions by sixteen eminent scholars, traces the history and development of the mosque since its origins in Medina and Mecca in the time of the Prophet Muhammad, explaining its traditional religious and teaching role in Muslim society, as well as its characteristic architectural and decorative features. Many of these features, such as the mihrab, the dome and the minaret, as well as the use of geometric patterns and calligraphic inscriptions as ornament are ubiquitous but widely in style.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780500283455 (0500283451)
Publish date: June 1st 2002
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
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