Barakat Muhammad: notes on square Kufic epigraphy in the history of Morocco
The French architect Maurice Mantout (1886–1953), after a decade spent with the conservation of monuments in Morocco, played a leading role in the design and construction of the Great Mosque of Paris, which he completed in 1926. The building complex includes courtyards, a garden, a minaret, a prayer...
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Edinburgh University Press
2023
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| author | Nagy, PT Bongianino, U |
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| description | The French architect Maurice Mantout (1886–1953), after a decade spent with the conservation of monuments in Morocco, played a leading role in the design and construction of the Great Mosque of Paris, which he completed in 1926. The building complex includes courtyards, a garden, a minaret, a prayer hall, a bathhouse and other annexes.¹ Most of the structures replicate Moroccan precedents in terms of layout, elevation and even decorative details such as capitals, stuccowork, woodwork and zillīj (‘tile mosaic’), thereby creating a pastiche of historic landmarks. Mantout and his colleagues paid meticulous attention also to the epigraphic features of... |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:160a1f1c-4c9b-480a-b890-5412e138b1db2023-10-17T13:58:21ZBarakat Muhammad: notes on square Kufic epigraphy in the history of MoroccoBook sectionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843uuid:160a1f1c-4c9b-480a-b890-5412e138b1dbEnglishSymplectic ElementsEdinburgh University Press2023Nagy, PTBongianino, UO'Kane, BPeacock, ACSMuehlhaeusler, MThe French architect Maurice Mantout (1886–1953), after a decade spent with the conservation of monuments in Morocco, played a leading role in the design and construction of the Great Mosque of Paris, which he completed in 1926. The building complex includes courtyards, a garden, a minaret, a prayer hall, a bathhouse and other annexes.¹ Most of the structures replicate Moroccan precedents in terms of layout, elevation and even decorative details such as capitals, stuccowork, woodwork and zillīj (‘tile mosaic’), thereby creating a pastiche of historic landmarks. Mantout and his colleagues paid meticulous attention also to the epigraphic features of... |
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