The Dome of the Rock / photography Saïd Nuseibeh ; essay Oleg Grabar
1996, 1st edition. New York : Rizzoli. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #404910
ISBN: 0847819426
Physical description; 175 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (page 173) and index. Contents; The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem / Oleg Grabar -- Introduction -- Shape and appearance of the Dome -- Space occupied by the Dome -- Belief and practices associated with the Dome -- Formal and decorative features of the Dome and their sources -- The mosaics / Saïd Nuseibeh, text and epigraphy translations -- The outer octagonal arcade -- The inner octagonal arcade -- The circular arcade and drum mosaics -- Historical accounts. Memories of the Dome of the Rock / Ibn Batuta -- On building the Dome of the Rock and activities therein / Jamâl ad-Din Ahmad -- On the haram and Dome of the Rock / Muqadisi -- To photograph the farthest mosque / Saïd Nuseibeh -- Glossary of Arabic terms. Subjects; Qubbat al- akhrah (Mosque : Jerusalem). Masjid al-Aq á (Jerusalem) History. Masjid al-Aq á (Jerusalem) ; Pictorial works. Dome of the Rock (Jerusalem, Israel). Bildband. Mosquées Jérusalem. Sacred space Jerusalem. Islamic architecture Jerusalem. Architecture, Islamic Jerusalem. Sacred space Jerusalem. Islamic architecture Jerusalem. Jerusalem Buildings, structures, etc. Mosques. Mosques Jerusalem. Religious architecture. Architecture religieuse. Religious buildings. Felsendom Jerusalem. Jérusalem Coupole du Rocher. Jerusalem Felsendom. Jerusalem Buildings, structures, etc. Jerusalem Shrines. Temple Mount (Jerusalem). Jerusalem Buildings, structures, etc. Palestine Antiquities. Israel Antiquities. Jerusalem (Israel) Buildings, structures, etc. Jerusalem Buildings, structures, etc.
Price: €45.00