Splendours of an Islamic World
Subtitle: The Art and Architecture of the Mamluks
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: December 15, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781860642197
Subjects: Architecture; History of art: c 500 CE to c 1400; Islamic studies; Islamic Architecture; Egyptian architecture; Islamic Art; Art & Art Instruction; Islam - General; Art; Africa; Egypt; Islamic countries; Fine Arts; General; International Architecture - Middle Eastern; Art / History / General; Art, Mameluke; Bouwkunst.; Cairo; Mamelukken.; gtt
First sentence: In the Middle Ages, the glory of Cairo fascinated the West.