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Sacred architecture in the traditions of India, China, Judaism, and Islam
- Title
- Sacred architecture in the traditions of India, China, Judaism, and Islam / edited by Emily Lyle.
- Publication
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 1992.
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Book/Text | Use in library | NA4620 .S227 1992 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 220 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Series Statement
- Cosmos ; 8
- Uniform Title
- Cosmos (Edinburgh, Scotland) ; 8.
- Subject
- Temples > India
- Temples > China
- Synagogue architecture > Israel
- Mosques
- Religious facilities
- Architecture > India
- Islamic architecture
- Architecture, Asian
- religious buildings
- Architecture
- Architecture, Asian
- Islamic architecture
- Mosques
- Religious facilities
- Synagogue architecture
- Temples
- Islam
- Judentum
- Sakralbau
- China
- India
- Israel
- Indien
- Note
- Spine title: Sacred architecture.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Symbology and architectural practice in India / Michael W. Meister -- Cosmogonic motifs in Indian temples / J. McKim Malville -- The Hindu temple : a dynamic microcosm / Adam Hardy -- The symbolism of the central pillars in cave-temples of northwest China / Puay-Peng Ho -- Chinese Buddhist monastic temples as cosmograms / Jeffrey F. Meyer -- Boundary maintenance : territorial altars and areas in rural China / Stephan Feuchtwang -- Dwelling at the centre of the world / C.B. Wilson -- Tabernacle and temple and the cosmos of the Jews / John Onians -- The traditional Hejazi house as a macrocosm / Hisham A.S. Jomah -- The iconography of light in the monuments of Mamluk Cairo / F.B. Flood -- The madrasa of Sultan Hassan in Cairo : a cosmological interpretation / Aly Gabr.
- ISBN
- 0748603751
- 9780748603756
- LCCN
- 93199999
- OCLC
- ocm27935251
- 27935251
- SCSB-13633180
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library