Cosmology and architecture in premodern Islam : an architectural reading of mystical ideas /

This fascinating interdisciplinary study reveals connections between architecture, cosmology, and mysticism. Samer Akkach demonstrates how space ordering in premodern Islamic architecture reflects the transcendental and the sublime. The book features many new translations, a number from unpublished...

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Main Author:	Akkach, Samer
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Albany : State University of New York Press, 2005.
Subjects:	Islamic art and symbolism. Symbolism in architecture. Islamic architecture. Islamic cosmology. Sufism.
Online Access:	Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:	1423744055 9781423744054 0791464113 9780791464113 0791483444 9780791483442
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central