A monumental manifestation of the Shīʻite faith in late twelfth-century Iran : the case of the Gunbad-i ʻAlawiyān, Hamadān / by Raya Shani.

Main entry:

Shani, Raya.

Title & Author:

A monumental manifestation of the Shīʻite faith in late twelfth-century Iran : the case of the Gunbad-i ʻAlawiyān, Hamadān / by Raya Shani.

Publication:

Description:

172 pages : illustrations, plans ; 26 cm.

Series:

Oxford studies in Islamic art ; 11

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-169) and index.
Ch. 1. The Building -- Ch. 2. The Architectural Design -- Ch. 3. The External Decoration -- Ch. 4. The Internal Decoration -- Ch. 5. Contents and Meanings -- Ch. 6. Who was the Patron of the Gunbad-i 'Alawiyan?

Summary:

This is the first book to study the medieval monument of the Gunbad-i 'Alawiyan in Hamadan, Iran, a striking architectural phenomenon featuring exquisite brick and stucco decoration both within and without. The author offers solutions to a number of controversial questions surrounding the structure, including the identity of the patron who commissioned the monument and the reason for its erection.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0197280218
9780197280218

Subject:

Gunbad-i ʻAlawiyān (Hamadān, Iran)
Islamic architecture Iran Hamadān.
Architecture Iran Hamadān.
Historic buildings Iran Hamadān.
Architecture islamique Iran Hamadān.
21.70 religious architecture.
Architecture
Historic buildings
Islamic architecture
Gunbad-i ʻAlawiyān.
Grafmonumenten.
Islamic architecture Iran Hamadan.
Sepulchral monuments Iran Hamadan.
Iran Hamadān
Gunbad-I 'alawiyan (Hamadan, Iran)
Hamadān (Iran) Buildings, structures, etc.
Hamadan (Iran) Antiquités.

Added entries:

University of Oxford. Faculty of Oriental Studies. Board.
Oxford studies in Islamic art ; 11.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 191627
Call No.: ID NA1483.S435; ID:97-B2626
Status: Available

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