| ISBN |
9781901435061 (hbk.) |
| Title |
Ayyubid Jerusalem : the Holy City in context, 1187-1250 / edited by Robert Hillenbrand and Sylvia Auld |
| Publisher |
London : Altajir Trust, 2009 |
| Physical desc. |
x, 517 p., xxxii p. of plates ; ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 32 cm. |
| Note |
Third volume in a series on Jerusalem. Previous volumes: Mamluk Jerusalem (London: World of Islam Festival Trust, 1987); Ottoman Jerusalem (London: Altajir World of Islam Trust, 2000) |
| In slip case |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 469-500) and index |
| Contents |
Ayyubid Jerusalem: a historical introduction / Carole Hillenbrand -- The art of the Ayyubids: an overview / Robert Hillenbrand -- Cross-currents and coincidences: a perspective on Ayyubid metalwork / Sylvia Auld -- The minbar of Nur al-Din in context / Sylvia Auld -- The wooden balustrade in the Sakhra / Sylvia Auld -- The power of the word: Ayyubid inscriptions in Jerusalem / Sheila S. Blair -- Woodwork in Syria, Palestine and Egypt during the 12th and 13th centuries / Jonathan M. Bloom -- Smaller domes in the Haram al-Sharif reconsidered in light of a recent survey / Michael Hamilton Burgoyne -- Ayyubid illustrated manuscripts and their North Jaziran and Abbasid neighbours / Anna Contadini -- Religious circles in Jerusalem in the Ayyubid period / Anne-Marie Eddé -- An ambiguous aesthetic: Crusader spolia in Ayyubid Jerusalem / Finbarr Barry Flood -- Ayyubid monuments in Jerusalem / Mahmoud Hawari -- Economic growth and currency in Ayyubid Palestine / Stefan Heidemann -- The Ayyubid Aqsa: decorative aspects / Robert Hillenbrand -- Eastern Christian art and culture in the Ayyubid and early Mamluk periods: cultural convergence between Jerusalem, Greater Syria and Egypt / Lucy-Anne Hunt -- Qurʼans and calligraphers of the Ayyubids and Zangids / David James -- From monastic cloisters to sahn: the transformation of the open space of the Masjid al-Aqsa under Saladin / Sabri Jarrah -- Ayyubid mosaics in Jerusalem / Lorenz Korn -- Ayyubid Jerusalem in perspective: the context of Ayyubid architecture in Bilad al-Sham / Lorenz Korn -- The pottery of Ayyubid Jerusalem / Marcus Milwright -- Science as the handmaiden of power: science, art and technology in Ayyubid Syria / Martina Müller-Wiener -- Ayyubid architecture in Cairo / Bernard O'Kane -- The people of the Book / Johannes Pahlitzsch -- Biographies of Ayyubid sultans / D.S. Richards -- Ibn Wasil, historian of the Ayyubids / D.S. Richards -- An image of what once was: the Ayyubid fortifications of Jerusalem / Yasser Tabbaa. |
| Subject |
Architecture, Ayyubid -- Jerusalem |
| Islamic architecture -- Jerusalem |
| Art, Ayyubid -- Jerusalem |
| Art, Islamic -- Jerusalem |
| Art objects, Islamic -- Jerusalem |
| Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- Jerusalem |
| Decoration and ornament, Islamic -- Jerusalem |
| Ayyubids |
| Jerusalem in Islam |
| Jerusalem -- Antiquities |
| Jerusalem -- Buildings, structures, etc |
| Jerusalem -- History |
| Palestine -- History -- 638-1917 |
| Added name(s) |
Hillenbrand, Robert ed. |
| Auld, Sylvia ed. |
