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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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Additional Authors
  • Lyle, Emily B.
  • Traditional Cosmology Society.
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