| Description |
1 online resource (423 p.) |
| Series |
The Formation of the Classical Islamic World Ser |
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The Formation of the Classical Islamic World Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- General Editor's Preface -- Introduction -- Volume Editor's Acknowledgements -- Shelter -- 1: Pre-Islamic Traditions of Domestic Architecture in Islamic Egypt -- 2: A Mansion in Fusțāț: A Twelfth-Century Description of a Domestic Compound in the Ancient Capital of Egypt -- 3: The Houses of Siraf, Iran -- 4: The AndalusI House in Siyasā: Attempt at a Typological Classification -- 5: The Palm-Frond House of the Batinah -- 6: Type and Variation: Berber Collective Dwellings of the Northwestern Sahara |
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7: New Caves for Old: Beduin Architecture in Petra -- 8: Architectural Provision Against Heat in the Orient -- Textiles and Clothing -- 9: The Țirāz System -- 10: Notes on Costume from Arabic Sources -- 11: New Data on Islamic Textiles from the Geniza -- 12: Abbasid Silks of the Ninth Century -- 13: Covered with Flowers: Medieval Floor Coverings Excavated at Fusțāț -- 14: A Medieval Face-Veil from Egypt -- Food and Drink -- 15: The Most Ancient Recipes of All -- 16: The Arab Agricultural Revolution and Its Diffusion, 700-1100 -- 17: Dietic Aspects of Food in Al-Andalus |
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18: Pots and Fire: The Cooking Processes in the Cookbooks of Al-Andalus and the Maghreb -- 19: Muzawwar: Counterfeit Fare for Fasts and Fevers -- 20: Al-Rāzī on When and How to Eat Fruit -- 21: Abū Zayd Al-Balkhī on the Nature of Forbidden Drink: A Medieval Islamic Contoversy -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351912563 |
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1351912569 |
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