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The Crescent on the Temple : The Dome of the Rock as Image of the Ancient Jewish Sanctuary.
Title:
The Crescent on the Temple : The Dome of the Rock as Image of the Ancient Jewish Sanctuary.
Author:
Berger, Pamela.
ISBN:
9789004230347
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (393 pages)
Series:
Studies in Religion and the Arts ; v.5

Studies in Religion and the Arts
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Ilustrations -- Chapter One The Temple in Text, Imagery and Memory -- Chapter Two Christian and Muslim Perspectives and Jewish Legends about the Temple -- Chapter Three Building the Dome of the Rock -- Chapter Four The Temple in the Guise of the Dome of the Rock in Architecture and Imagery before the Crusades -- Chapter Five The Christianization of the Dome of the Rock -- Chapter Six The Domed Temple in Romanesque and Gothic art in the West and in the Holy Land -- Chapter Seven The Domed Temple from the Thirteenth to the Early Fifteenth Century in Italy -- Chapter Eight The Domed Temple in Renaissance Italy and in Early Printed Sources -- Chapter Nine The Circular or Polygonal Temple in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries in the North -- Chapter Ten Muslim Depictions of the Temple of Solomon in the Guise of the Dome of the Rock -- Chapter Eleven The Dome of the Rock as the Temple in Jewish Manuscript Art and Early Printed Books -- Chapter Twelve The Dome of the Rock as the Temple in Pilgrimage Scrolls -- Chapter Thirteen The Dome of the Rock as the Temple in Italian Itineraries, Ark Curtains, Esther Scrolls and Marriage Contracts -- Chapter Fourteen The Dome of the Rock as the Temple: Nineteenth Century Itinerary Sheets -- Chapter Fifteen The Dome of the Rock as the Temple in Cloth and Yarn -- Chapter Sixteen The Dome of the Rock as Protective Image -- Chapter Seventeen The Waning of the Dome of the Rock as the Image of the Temple -- Chapter Eighteen The Dome of the Rock and the Temple in Our Time -- Works Cited -- Appendix -- Index.
Abstract:
"The Crescent on the Temple" elucidates how the Dome of the Rock came to stand for the Temple of Solomon in Christian, Muslim, and Jewish art. That "Temple," represented as the Muslim shrine, is often surmounted by a crescent.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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