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Minaret: Symbol of Islam (Oxford Studies in Islamic Art)
Minaret Symbol of Islam - Oxford Studies in Islamic Art
Author: Jonathan M. Bloom
Using buildings, archaeological reports, medieval histories, geographies and early Arabic poetry, this book reinterprets the origin, development and meanings of the minaret. explaining how the tower became identified with Islam. Bloom shows how the introduction of the tower into the mosque marked a major shift in the iconography of architecture ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780197280133
ISBN-10: 0197280137
Publication Date: 8/23/1990
Pages: 216
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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