Constructions of Power and Piety in Medieval Aleppo

Constructions of Power and Piety in Medieval Aleppo
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Publisher : Penn State Press
Total Pages : 356
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ISBN-10 : 0271043318
ISBN-13 : 9780271043319
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Book Synopsis Constructions of Power and Piety in Medieval Aleppo by : Yasser Tabbaa

Download or read book Constructions of Power and Piety in Medieval Aleppo written by Yasser Tabbaa and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tabbaa argues that the intense palatial and religious architectural activity of the period was intended to create a royal image of the Ayyubid state while also fostering links between it and the urban population. His study is based on an entirely new evaluation of the architectural and epigraphic aspects of the standing monuments of the period. It presents for the first time full photographic coverage of these monuments, as well as many new plans and other renderings, and pays close attention to monumental inscriptions, correcting and augmenting previous studies. The book utilizes the full panoply of the available literary sources, including topographies, chronicles, travel accounts, and poetry.


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