China`s early mosques /
Steinhardt, Nancy Shatzman,
China's early mosques / Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt. - xxiv, 331 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Edinburg studies in Islamic Art . - Edinburg studies in Islamic Art .
This book explains how the worship requirements of the mosque and the Chinese architectural system converged. What happens when a monotheistic, aniconic, foreign religion needs a space in which to worship in China, a civilisation with a building tradition that has been largely unchanged for several millennia? The story of this extraordinary convergence begins in the 7th century and continues under the Chinese rule
9780748670413 RM574.75
Mosques--History.--China
Islamic architecture--History.--China
Architecture--Islamic influences.--China
China's early mosques / Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt. - xxiv, 331 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Edinburg studies in Islamic Art . - Edinburg studies in Islamic Art .
This book explains how the worship requirements of the mosque and the Chinese architectural system converged. What happens when a monotheistic, aniconic, foreign religion needs a space in which to worship in China, a civilisation with a building tradition that has been largely unchanged for several millennia? The story of this extraordinary convergence begins in the 7th century and continues under the Chinese rule
9780748670413 RM574.75
Mosques--History.--China
Islamic architecture--History.--China
Architecture--Islamic influences.--China