Constantinople to córdoba: Dismantling ancient architecture in the East, North Africa and Islamic Spain

Michael Greenhalgh

doi:10.1163/9789004229273

Constantinople to córdoba: Dismantling ancient architecture in the East, North Africa and Islamic Spain

Michael Greenhalgh^*

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Abstract

Offering a multitude of examples through the centuries, this book examines how the architecture of the ancient world was transformed or destroyed under Byzantium and Islam, to produce new forms which often owed their materials and sometimes their styles to the past.

Original language	English
Publisher	Brill
Number of pages	510
ISBN (Electronic)	9789004229273
ISBN (Print)	9789004212466
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004229273
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2012

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