Main entry:

Behrens-Abouseif, Doris.

Title & Author:

The minarets of Cairo : Islamic architecture from the Arab conquest to the end of the Ottoman Empire / Doris Behrens-Abouseif ; with contributions by Nicholas Warner ; photographs by Bernard O'Kane.

Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2010.

Description:

xvi, 352 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 34 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The call to prayer and the muezzin -- Functions and use of the minaret -- Placement -- Construction and materials -- Architecture and decoration -- Epigraphy -- The minaret depicted / by Nicholas Warner -- Early history and formation of the minaret in Cairo -- Mamluk minarets -- Minarets under Ottoman rule -- Provincial minarets in Egypt -- The minaret of Sultan Qaytbay at the Mosque of the Prophet in Medina.

Summary:

Previous work with same title published in 1984 with far smaller scope and less attention to architecture.

ISBN:

9781848855397 (hbk.)
1848855397 (hbk.)

Subject:

Minarets Egypt Cairo.
Islamic architecture Egypt Cairo.
Minarets Égypte Le Caire.
Architecture islamique Égypte Le Caire.
Buildings.
Islamic architecture.
Minarets.
Minarett.
Moschee.
Cairo (Egypt) Buildings, structures, etc.
Egypt Cairo.
Kairo.

Added entries:

Warner, Nicholas.
O'Kane, Bernard.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 276495
Call No.: BIB 211116
Status: Available