The mosque :  history, architectural development and regional diversity / 
edited by Martin Frishman and Hasan-Uddin Khan. 
 - 288 páginas :  ilustraciones 
<br/><br/> Originally published: 1994. 
<br/><br/>Incluye bibliografía. 
<br/><br/>PART I: THE MOSQUE AS AN EXPRESSION OF ISLAM: Islam and the form of the mosque / Martin Frishman -- The role of calligraphy / Wheeler M. Thackston -- Applications of geometry / Mohammad Al-Asad -- PART II: THE REGIONS AND THEIR STYLES: Introduction : regionalism / Ismail Serageldin -- The central Arab lands / Dogăn Kuban -- Spain and north Africa / Antonio Fernandez-Puertas -- Iran and central Asia / Bernard O´Kane -- Anatolia and the Ottoman legacy / Gulru Necipoğlu -- The Indian subcontinent / Perween Hasan -- Sub-Saharan West Africa / Labelle Prussin -- East Africa / Mark Horton -- China / Luo Xiaowei -- South-East Asia / Hugh O´Neill -- PART III: THE CONTEMPORARY SCENE: The mosque in Islamic society today / Oleg Grabar -- An overview of contemporary mosques / Hasan-Uddin Khan -- The metamorphosis of the sacred / Mohammed Arkoun -- Notes on the text -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Chronological table -- Sources of illustrations.. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0500283451 9780500283455 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mezquitas--Historia.<br/>Mezquitas.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>726.209  / M912 2002