Author: BEHRENS-ABOUSEIF, Doris
Title: Cairo of the Mamluks - A History of the Architecture and Its Culture.
Description: Cairo, The American University in Cairo Press, 2007. 29.5 x 24.5 cm. xix.[1],359 pp. Clothbound with dustjacket. Illustrated in b/w and colour. - The unique strength of Doris Behrens-Abouseif's work lies in its scholarly yet engaging presentation of original material diligently researched in the 'waaf' (religious endowments) archives, including architectural plans and personal endowment records. It present a wealth of material, much of it never before published. As such it will form an essential reference work for scholars and students of the art and architecture of the Islamic world as well as art historians and historians of late medieval Islamic history. - [Flap] - Spine dustjacket sunned, otherwise a good copy

Keywords: egypte; islamic architecture 9789774160776


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