Building the Caliphate: Construction, Destruction, and Sectarian Identity in Early Fatimid Architecture de Pruitt, Jennifer A - 2020-02-25

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New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2020. Cloth, xi, 204 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour), maps; 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "A riveting exploration of how the Fatimid dynasty carefully orchestrated an architectural program that proclaimed their legitimacy. This groundbreaking study investigates the early architecture of the Fatimids, an Ismaili Shi'i Muslim dynasty that dominated the Mediterranean world from the 10th to the 12th century. This period, considered a golden age of multicultural and interfaith tolerance, witnessed the construction of iconic structures, including Cairo's al-Azhar and al-Hakim mosques and crucial renovations to Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock and Aqsa Mosque. However, it also featured large-scale destruction of churches under the notorious reign of al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, most notably the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. Jennifer A. Pruitt offers a new… Leer más

Hardback. New. A riveting exploration of how the Fatimid dynasty carefully orchestrated an architectural program that proclaimed their legitimacy