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Bayt Farhi and the Sephardic palaces of Ottoman Damascus in the late 18th and 19th centuries

Title
Bayt Farhi and the Sephardic palaces of Ottoman Damascus in the late 18th and 19th centuries / by Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis ; with contributions by Ezra Ashkenazie, Jeffery Burden, George H. Lewis, Judith S. Mckenzie, and Jason Montgomery.
Author
Macaulay-Lewis, Elizabeth
Publication
  • Boston, MA : American Schools of Oriental Research, [2018]
  • ©2018

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Description
xvi, 336 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, plans (some color); 29 cm.
Summary
One of the largest and most important palatial houses of late 18th- and early 19th-century Damascus, Bayt Farhi belonged to the Farhi family, who served as financial administrators to successive Ottoman governors in Damascus and Acre. Illustrated with extensive colour photographs, plans, and reconstruction drawings, the book brings to life the home environment of the lost elite Sephardic community of Ottoman Damascus. It will be an important resource for those studying the architecture, history, and culture of Syria and the Ottoman Empire. Bayt Farhi's outstanding architecture and decoration is documented and presented in this first comprehensive analysis of it and Damascus's other prominent Sephadic mansions Matkab 'Anbar, Bayt Dahdah, Bayt Stambouli, and Bayt Lisbona. The Hebrew poetic inscriptions in these residences reveal how the Farhis and other leading Sephardic families perceived themselves and how they presented themselves to their own community and other Damascenes. A history of the Farhis and the Jews of Damascus provides the context for these houses, along with the architectural development of the monumental Damascene courtyard house.
Series Statement
  • The Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research ; volume 72
  • Manar al-Athar monograph ; 4
Uniform Title
  • Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research ; v. 72.
  • Manar al-Athar monograph ; 4.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-316) and index.
Contents
The Farhi family and the Jewish community of Damascus in the 18th and 19th centuries -- Monumental courtyard houses in Ottoman Damascus and Syria -- Overview of the architecture of Bayt Farhi -- The Bayt Farhi inscriptions / by Ezra Ashkenazie -- Other 19th-century high status Jewish houses and their evolution -- The Barrani courtyard -- The Juwwani, middle, and service courtyards.
Call Number
JFF 19-1405
ISBN
  • 9780897571005
  • 0897571002
LCCN
2017039556
OCLC
1013993090
Author
Macaulay-Lewis, Elizabeth, author.
Title
Bayt Farhi and the Sephardic palaces of Ottoman Damascus in the late 18th and 19th centuries / by Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis ; with contributions by Ezra Ashkenazie, Jeffery Burden, George H. Lewis, Judith S. Mckenzie, and Jason Montgomery.
Publisher
Boston, MA : American Schools of Oriental Research, [2018]
Copyright Date
©2018
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
The Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research ; volume 72
Manar al-Athar monograph ; 4
Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research ; v. 72.
Manar al-Athar monograph ; 4.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-316) and index.
Research Call Number
JFF 19-1405
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