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List of Illustrations

Description: The Shape of the Holy: Early Islamic Jerusalem

The Shape of the Holy: Early Islamic Jerusalem

List of Illustrations

Author

PublisherPrinceton University Press

Copyright© 1996 by Princeton University Press

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-100037

List of Illustrations

1. Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, Bonfils photograph taken ca. 1860. Courtesy Aga Khan Program, Fine Arts Library, Harvard University.

2. Louis-François Cassas, Vue de Jérusalem, ca. 1800, watercolor (130 × 100 cm.), The National Swedish Art Museum, Stockholm (by permission).

3. Aqsa Mosque, Umayyad period, bird’s-eye view from the southwest, wire frame version (CAD).

4. Aqsa Mosque, Umayyad period, bird’s-eye view from the northeast, shaded version of the same drawing as in figure 3 (CAD).

5. Jerusalem, basic structure grid of city plan from the south (CAD).

6. Jerusalem in wire frame (CAD). This picture shows all the information available in the computer, from whatever period.

7. Jerusalem, air view of the city from the west.

8. Schematic view of Jerusalem ca. 600 from the southeast.

9. Madaba, Jordan, mosaic map, mid or late sixth century; detail showing the city of Jerusalem.

10. Sketch of the city as it appears on the Madaba map and plan derived from it (drawn by Daron K. Harris after Avi-Yonah).

11. Schematic plan of Jerusalem around 600 (CAD).

12. Bird’s-eye view of sixth-century Jerusalem from the northeast (CAD).

13. The Holy Sepulchre, schematic reconstruction from the southwest (CAD). These drawings are all based on reconstructions, mostly by F. Couäsnon, and they are only hypothetical schemes for the building.

14. Christian Jerusalem from the west (CAD).

15. The Nea, schematic reconstruction, from the southeast (CAD).

16. The Christian city from the south (CAD).

17. Schematic drawing of the Golden Gate on the eastern wall of the city as seen from the west (CAD).

18. The Haram al-Sharif today, airview. Courtesy Michael Burgoyne.

19. The Dome of the Rock today, as seen from the east. Courtesy Mary Cross.

20. Dome of the Rock: plan, section, and elevation. Drawing Svetlana Popovič.

21. Dome of the Rock, with porches added (CAD).

22. Dome of the Rock, key for identifying the location of mosaics.

23. Dome of the Rock, mosaic on the outer face of the octagon with the beginning of the first section of the inscription (338°).

24. Dome of the Rock, outer octagon, section where al-Ma’mun replaced Abd al-Malik’s name with his own (292°).

25. Dome of the Rock, interior from the south door.

26. Dome of the Rock, interior from the north door.

27. Dome of the Rock, interior, the eastern side of the building.

28. Dome of the Rock, upper drum, SSW panel, restored and partly replaced, but reflecting the original schema.

29. Dome of the Rock, upper drum, SW panel, restored but reflecting original design.

30. Dome of the Rock, upper drum, NNW panel, probably much redone.

31. Dome of the Rock, lower drum, S panel, reflects original design, but probably entirely redone in later times.

32. Dome of the Rock, lower drum, W panel, partly restored.

33. Dome of the Rock, circular arcade, NE panel; the lower section is almost completely redone.

34. Dome of the Rock, circular arcade, SW panel, repaired.

35. Dome of the Rock, circular arcade, NE panel, left side.

36. Dome of the Rock, circular arcade, NE panel, right side.

37. Dome of the Rock, circular arcade, N panel with second type of base in the design.

38. Dome of the Rock, outer octagon (158°), restored.

39. Dome of the Rock, outer octagon (277°), repaired.

40. Dome of the Rock, outer octagon (22°), restored.

41. Dome of the Rock, outer octagon (128°), later (?) inclusion of a small inscription, lilah al-hamd (“praise to God”).

42. Dome of the Rock, inner octagon, S arcade (22°–338°).

43. Dome of the Rock, inner octagon, SE arcade (338°–292°).

44. Dome of the Rock, inner octagon, E arcade (292°–246°).

45. Dome of the Rock, inner octagon, NE arcade (246°–202°).

46. Dome of the Rock, inner octagon, N arcade (202°–158°).

47. Dome of the Rock, inner octagon, NW arcade (158°–113°).

48. Dome of the Rock, inner octagon, W arcade (113°–67°).

49. Dome of the Rock, inner octagon, SW arcade (67°–22°).

50. Dome of the Rock, soffit of octagon (308°).

51. Dome of the Rock, soffit of octagon (292°).

52. Dome of the Rock, soffit of octagon (60°).

53. Dome of the Rock, soffit of octagon (22°).

54. Dome of the Rock, soffit of octagon (38°).

55. Dome of the Rock, soffit of octagon (67°).

56. Umayyad Jerusalem, schematic plan (CAD).

57. A reconstruction of the Dome of the Rock as it appeared to someone entering through the Double Gate (CAD).

58. The Dome of the Rock as it appeared from the entrance to the Holy Sepulchre (CAD).

59. Umayyad Jerusalem, bird’s-eye view from the southeast: the new “settlements,” the Aqsa Mosque, the Triple Gate, the Dome of the Rock, the Dome of the Chain (CAD).

60. Aqsa Mosque, reconstructed plan (after Hamilton).

61. Aqsa Mosque, schematic interior, looking toward northeast (CAD).

62. The Umayyad buildings in the southeastern section of the city (CAD).

63. Umayyad Jerusalem, bird’s-eye view from the southeast (CAD).

64. Umayyad Jerusalem from the west with Christian buildings in the foreground (CAD).

65. Umayyad Jerusalem from the northeast (CAD).

66. Sculpted decoration on one of the domes inside the Double Gate (after de Vogüé), possibly Umayyad.

67. “Robinson’s arch,” an outcropping at the south end of the west wall of the Herodian Temple which would have carried a bridge or a stairway from the lower city to the Temple, probably still in use in Umayyad times.

68. Dome of the Chain, schematic reconstruction (CAD).

69. Jerusalem in the eleventh century, schematic view from the southeast (CAD).

70. Jerusalem in the eleventh century, schematic view from the northeast (CAD).

71. Jerusalem in the eleventh century, schematic view from the south (CAD).

72. Jerusalem in the eleventh century, schematic view from the east (CAD).

73. Schematic reconstruction of the Holy Sepulchre in the eleventh century (CAD).

74. The Fatimid western gateway to the Haram al-Sharif, a reconstruction (CAD).

75. Reconstructed view of the city from the new gate (CAD).

76. The Haram al-Sharif in Fatimid times from the northwest, a schematic reconstruction (CAD).

77. The Aqsa Mosque in Fatimid times, reconstructed plan and wire-frame elevation (CAD).

78. The Aqsa Mosque in Fatimid times, reconstruction (CAD).

79. The Aqsa Mosque, interior, mosaic on “triumphal arch” (Photo Fred Anderegg).

80. Mosaic on “triumphal arch”; detail of ornament on apex (Photo Fred Anderegg).

81. The Aqsa Mosque, eleventh-century pendentive in dome (Photo Fred Anderegg).

82. The Aqsa Mosque, mosaic on the drum below the dome (Photo Fred Anderegg).

83. Schematic reconstruction of one of the small domes on the platform of the Dome of the Rock (CAD).

84. Central platform of the Haram al-Sharif in Fatimid times, a reconstruction, from the southwest (CAD).

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Description: The Shape of the Holy: Early Islamic Jerusalem

BOOKThe Shape of the Holy: Early Islamic Jerusalem

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-100035

From the time of Herod through the Crusades, Jerusalem had officially "changed its religion" several times, with Jews, Christians, and Muslims inscribing the story of their faiths on the urban landscape. In this illustrated book, noted Islamist Oleg Grabar offers a rare account of the great role played by early Islam in defining the "look" of Jerusalem that remained largely intact until the twentieth century. From about 640 to 1100, Muslims transformed Christian Jerusalem, mainly the area now known as the Haram al-Sharif, both physically and ideologically to embody their new faith. Grabar examines this process, showing how it led to great architectural achievements, including the Dome of the Rock, still perhaps the most vivid image to impress any visitor to Jerusalem. Offering a major photographic record of the Dome's mosaics in color together with its interiors, this book shows in rich detail how Islam articulated itself architecturally, touching on historical and legendary memories and on themes of both religious harmony and Islamic triumph.

Dominating Jerusalem's landscape today, the Dome of the Rock was commissioned by Abd Al-Malik in 691, and still houses the Rock from which the Prophet Mohammed is believed to have ascended into heaven. Grabar argues that its construction altered the visual equilibrium of Jerusalem by equating its eastern hill, Mt. Moriah, a key landmark in Islam, with its western ones, Golgotha and Mt. Zion, highlighted by Christian monuments. A close look at the Dome's construction and decoration leads to a new explanation of the building as a Late Antique monument of art that could be adapted to several different and at times simultaneous interpretations. Grabar also offers a unique portrait of Jerusalem in the eleventh century under the Fatimid dynasty in Cairo, when the city was at its peak as a peaceful, cosmopolitan center. Through an innovative computer modeling program, Grabar presents fascinating reconstructions of the Haram al-Sharif, taking us down streets and past buildings, of which only remnants exist today.

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Author

PublisherPrinceton University Press

Print publication date October 1996 (out of print)

Print ISBN 9780691036533

EISBN 9780300280968

Copyright© 1996 by Princeton University Press

Illustrations 96

Print Status out of print

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