Sacred architecture in the traditions of India, China, Judaism and Islam
By: edited by Emily Lyle.
Contributors: Lyle, Emily B.; Traditional Cosmology Society.
Series: Cosmos -- v. 8.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
Subjects: Architecture and religion.; Temples -- India.; Temples -- China.; Synagogue architecture -- Israel.; Mosques.; Religious facilities.; Architecture -- India.; Architecture, Islamic.; Architecture, Oriental.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Symbology and architectural practice in India / Michael W. Meister; title: Cosmogonic motifs in Indian temples / J. McKim Malville; title: The Hindu temple : a dynamic microcosm / Adam Hardy; title: The symbolism of the central pillars in cave-temples of northwest China / Puay-Peng Ho; title: Chinese Buddhist monastic temples as cosmograms / Jeffrey F. Meyer; title: Boundary maintenance : territorial altars and areas in rural China / Stephan Feuchtwang; title: Dwelling at the centre of the world / C.B. Wilson; title: Tabernacle and temple and the cosmos of the Jews / John Onians; title: The traditional Hejazi house as a macrocosm / Hisham A.S. Jomah; title: The iconography of light in the monuments of Mamluk Cairo / F.B. Flood; title: The madrasa of Sultan Hassan in Cairo : a cosmological interpretation / Aly Gabr.