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100 1 _aGreenhalgh, Michael.
245 1 0 _aConstantinople to Córdoba :
_bdismantling ancient architecture in the East, North Africa and Islamic Spain /
_cby Michael Greenhalgh.
264 1 _aLeiden ;
_aBoston :
_bBrill,
_c2012.
300 _a1 online resource (xxviii, 510 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) :
_billustrations.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 425-495) and indexes.
505 0 0 _aPreliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1. the Mediaeval Landscape: An overview -- 2. Greek and Roman towns -- 3. Roads and Ports -- 4. Fountains, Waterways and Irrigation -- 5. tombs -- 6. Palaces and Villas -- 7. Inscriptions -- 8. Quarries and Quarrying -- 9. temples, Churches and Mosques -- 10. Ancient Monuments: Superstition, Preservation, Degradation and Destruction -- 11. town and Fortress Walls, Projectiles, and Cannon -- 12. the Mechanics of Dismantling and transport -- 13. Collecting Antiquities -- 14. the French Invasion of Algeria and the Roman Past -- 15. Conclusion -- bibiliography -- Index of People -- Index of Places -- Index of Subjects -- Illustrations.
506 _aAvailable to subscribing member institutions only.
520 _aA survey of the various ways in which the extensive remains of ancient architecture were reused or destroyed in the crescent from Greece and Turkey through Syria, Palestine, North Africa to Islamic Spain. The book complements and echoes some of the themes in the author's \'Marble Past, Monumental Present\' (2009). Offering a large number of varied examples, it examines how the ancient landscape was transformed - towns, roads and ports, fountains and waterways, tombs, palaces, villas and inscriptions. It then addresses reuse in churches, mosques and other structures, dealing also with collectors and museum-builders. Also considered are the dismantling and transport of the often massive blocks, and the superstitions surrounding antiquities which contributed to their continuing renown or to their destruction.
650 0 _aArchitecture, Ancient
_zMediterranean Region.
650 0 _aBuilding materials
_xRecycling
_zMediterranean Region.
650 0 _aClassical antiquities
_xDestruction and pillage
_zMediterranean Region.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_tConstantinople to Córdoba: Dismantling Ancient Architecture in the East, North Africa and Islamic Spain
_dLeiden, Boston : BRILL, 2012,
_z9789004212466
830 0 _aEuropean History and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2013, ISBN: 9789004248670.
856 4 _zDOI:
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004229273
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