This volume collects Yasser Tabbaa's investigative and interpretive articles on medieval Islamic architecture, ornament and gardens in Syria and Iraq, with comparative expansions into Anatolia, Egypt, North Africa and Spain. He examines the monuments, many of which have vanished…
This volume collects Yasser Tabbaa's investigative and interpretive articles on medieval Islamic architecture, ornament and gardens in Syria and Iraq, with comparative expansions into Anatolia, Egypt, North Africa and Spain. The monuments in question, many of which have vanished…
This volume collects Yasser Tabbaa's investigative and interpretive articles on medieval Islamic architecture, ornament and gardens in Syria and Iraq, with comparative expansions into Anatolia, Egypt, North Africa and Spain. He examines the monuments, many of which have vanished…
This volume collects Yasser Tabbaa's investigative and interpretive articles on medieval Islamic architecture, ornament and gardens in Syria and Iraq, with comparisons to Anatolia, Egypt, North Africa and Spain, within the context of the political divisions and theological ruptu…
Fountains in Islamic art and architecture exhibit considerable variation, both in terms of the etymologies of the various words for “fountain” and the physical forms, facts that may reflect the structure’s multiple linguistic and architectural sources. Etymologically, some of th…
A dome is an architectural feature that resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere, a rounded vault covering an interior space. Highlighting the functional and expressive dimensions of the dome rather than its technical features, this article begins with a brief etymology, with…
Architecture in the Muslim world exhibits a range of commonalities across time and space. Against this underpinning of recognisably Islamic motifs, significant variations have also emerged, reflecting the use of local materials, regional traditions, imperial imagery, and religio…