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Edinburgh University Press
Language
English
Pages
220

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Subjects
Temples, Religious facilities, Mosques, Oriental Architecture, Synagogue architecture, Architecture and religion, Architecture, Islamic Architecture, Asian Architecture
Places
India, Israel, China

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Table of Contents

Symbology and architectural practice in India / Michael W. Meister
Cosmogonic motifs in Indian temples / J. McKim Malville
The Hindu temple : a dynamic microcosm / Adam Hardy
The symbolism of the central pillars in cave-temples of northwest China / Puay-Peng Ho
Chinese Buddhist monastic temples as cosmograms / Jeffrey F. Meyer
Boundary maintenance : territorial altars and areas in rural China / Stephan Feuchtwang
Dwelling at the centre of the world / C.B. Wilson
Tabernacle and temple and the cosmos of the Jews / John Onians
The traditional Hejazi house as a macrocosm / Hisham A.S. Jomah
The iconography of light in the monuments of Mamluk Cairo / F.B. Flood
The madrasa of Sultan Hassan in Cairo : a cosmological interpretation / Aly Gabr.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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Series
Cosmos -- v. 8.

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Dewey Decimal Class
726

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220 p. :
Number of pages
220

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OL18551524M
ISBN 10
0748603751
LCCN
93015811, gb93015811
OCLC/WorldCat
27935251
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4771748
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