Early Muslim Architecture. Volume I Part I & II. Umayyads A.D. 622-750. With A Contribution On The Mosaics of the Dome Of The Rock in Jerusalem and of the Great Mosque in Damascus.
Oxford. The Clarendon Press. 1969. Second Edition. Stock ID #223735 Monumental study of Islamic architecture and magnificently illustrated. This second edition published in two elephant folios represented a major revision and expansion of the original first volume (1932), focusing exclusively on the Umayyad period (A.D. 622–750). The work serves as a definitive archaeological and historical record of nearly 30 major monuments from Islam's first century. It includes sites across the Middle East, including Egypt, Palestine, Syria and Iraq. When referring to this item please quote stockid 223735.
Two volumes, 140 photographic plates (some in colour) + 690 line and half-tone illustrations (including several folding), xxxix + 372pp; vi + 373-684pp (continuous pagination); original gilt-lettered polished cloth boards, 44.6 x 33.3 cms, the spine of the first volume a trifle sunned, and some toning to the foredges, but in very good condition, the text pristine and the plates unfaded and bright.
A very heavy set which weighs approximately 14 kg/31 lbs.
Sir Keppel Archibald Cameron (K.A.C.) Creswell (1879–1974) pioneered the systematic documentation of Islamic architecture and produced over 11,000 photographic prints. His collection is now split between major institutions, including the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford and the Victoria and Albert Museum. In 1919, he was appointed Inspector of Monuments in Palestine and Syria, allowing him to travel extensively and document sites from the Euphrates to the Egyptian frontier. He spent most of his life in Egypt, serving as a Professor at Cairo University (1931–1951) and later at the American University in Cairo (1956–1974).
Marguerite Gautier-van Berchem (1892–1984) was a distinguished Swiss archaeologist, art historian, and humanitarian. She was particularly renowned for expertise in mosaic analysis and for her pioneering excavations across North Africa.
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