In the Shadow of the Church

The Building of Mosques in Early Medieval Syria
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-90-04-32570-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 197 mm x 266 mm, Gewicht: 882 g

Reihe: Arts and Archaeology of the Islamic World

In his book In the Shadow of the Church: The Building of Mosques in Early Medieval Syria Mattia Guidetti examines the establishment of Muslim religious architecture within the Christian context in which it first appeared in the Syrian region, contributing to the debate on the transformation of late antique society to a Muslim one. He scrutinizes the slow process of conversion to Islam of the most important town centers by looking at religious places of both communities between the seventh and the eleventh century. The author assesses the relevancy of churches by analyzing the location of mosques and by researching phenomena of transfer of marble material from churches to mosques.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Guidetti, Mattia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam Geschichte des Islam: 7. - 14. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Gebäudetypen Sakralbauten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Archäologie spezieller Regionen und Zeitalter
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Geschichte der Architektur, Baugeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction
After the Conquest: The Entangled Lives of Churches and Mosques
Cities and Churches after the Conquest
Narratives about Early Mosques and Presumed Cases of Conversion of Churches into Mosques
Mosques near the Basilica of the Nativity and the Holy Sepulcher
The Contiguity of Churches and Mosques
Deconstructing the Paradigm of Partition
“Contiguity”: Churches and Mosques in the Conquered Cities
Mosques, Markets, and Administrative Complexes
Muslims’ Attraction to Churches
In and Out of Place
The Coexistence of Religious Communities and the Location of Places of Worship
Communities’ Encounters
Art and Identity in Early Medieval Bilad al-Sham
Material Transfers in the Early Medieval Mediterranean: Marble Columns from Churches to Mosques
Christian Columns and Marble Material in Early Medieval Mosques
Literary Evidence of the Reuse of Christian Columns in the Early Medieval Period
Modalities of the Acquisition and Transfer of Materials
Spolia in the Historiography of Islamic Art
More Christianorum: Marble and Columns in Early Medieval Mosques
Marble and the Aesthetics of Polychromy
Columns as Links of an Architectural Network
Sacred Columns
Epilogue
The Vanishing of the Late Antique Sacred Landscape
A New Place for Christian Spolia in Islamic Art
Conclusion
Bibliography
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Secondary Literature:

List of Figures

Über Autor(innen)

Mattia Guidetti, Ph.D. (2006, University of Venice) is Universitätassistent at the Institut für Kunstgeschichte of the University of Vienna. He has published on Islamic art. His research interests deal with art history in the Mediterranean region.