Minaret

Klappentext Illustrates the history of iconic element of Islamic architecture. This title reveals that the Minaret, long understood to have been invented in the early years of Islam as the place from which the muezzin gives the call to prayer, was actually invented some two centuries later to be a visible symbol of Islam. Zusammenfassung Illustrates the history of iconic element of Islamic architecture. This title reveals that the Minaret, long understood to have been invented in the early years of Islam as the place from which the muezzin gives the call to prayer, was actually invented some two centuries later to be a visible symbol of Islam.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan M. Bloom
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.07.2013
• EAN: 9780748637256
• ISBN: 978-0-7486-3725-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art; Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture