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 The book features many new translations, a number from unpublished...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
2005.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 1423744055 9781423744054 0791464113 9780791464113 0791483444 9780791483442 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Note to the Reader
- Preface
- Introduction
- Abbreviations
- Discursive Order
- Metaphysical Order
- Cosmic Order
- Architectural Order
- Afterword: Architecture and Cosmic Habitat
- Notes
- List of Arabic Manuscripts Cited
- Selected Bibliography
- Index