TY - BOOK ID - 65553465 TI - Dwelling models of Umayyad 'Madā'in' and 'Quṣūr' in greater Syria AU - Labisi, Giuseppe AU - Northedge, Alastair PY - 2020 SN - 9781407357225 1407357220 PB - Oxford : BAR Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Dwellings KW - Architecture, Umayyad KW - Islamic architecture KW - Religious aspects KW - Islam. KW - History. KW - Architecture, Domestic KW - Arab architecture KW - Architecture, Arab KW - Architecture, Islamic KW - Architecture, Moorish KW - Architecture, Muslim KW - Architecture, Saracenic KW - Moorish architecture KW - Muslim architecture KW - Saracenic architecture KW - Religious architecture KW - Umayyad architecture KW - Architecture, Rural KW - Domestic architecture KW - Home design KW - Houses KW - One-family houses KW - Residences KW - Rural architecture KW - Villas KW - Architecture KW - Religious aspects&delete& KW - Islam KW - History KW - Syria KW - Jordan KW - Lebanon KW - Antiquities. KW - Domiciles KW - Homes KW - Residential buildings KW - Single-family homes KW - Buildings KW - House-raising parties KW - Household ecology KW - Housing KW - Architecture omeyyade KW - Habitations KW - Fouilles archéologiques KW - Moyen Orient. KW - Religion KW - Moyen Orient UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:65553465 AB - This book is the first systematic collection and discussion of dwellings in the Umayyad 'cities' (madāʼin) and 'palaces' (quṣūr) of Bilād al-Shām. Giuseppe Labisi offers an overview of the apartments within and identifies the architectural models that inspired Umayyad dwellings. This study also allows the precise identification of the origin of pre-Islamic dwelling models and their reinterpretation in Umayyad domestic architecture. Through classification, the author has been able to group the apartments of quṣūr chronologically by the reigns of the Umayyad caliphs. The identification of the dictates of Islamic domestic tradition and the characteristics of early Islamic Arabia and Late Antique houses offer original insight and allow us to situate the Umayyad residences of Bilād al-Shām in their wider cultural context. Additionally, Umayyad dwellings have been classified and presented in a rich catalogue as an appendix within the text ER -