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Author Al-Radi, Selma M. S.

Title The ʻAmiriya in Radaʻ : the history and restoration of a sixteenth-century madrasa in the Yemen / by Selma Al-Radi ; with contributions by Ruth Barnes, Yahya Al-Nasiri and Venetia Porter ; edited by Robert Hillenbrand
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press for the Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, [1997]
©1997

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Description 216 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Series Oxford studies in Islamic art ; 13
Oxford studies in Islamic art ; 13
Contents Foreword / Qadi Isma'il al-Akwa' -- Foreword / Prince Claus of the Netherlands -- 1. The Yemen. A Brief History -- 2. The Banu Tahir -- 3. The Legacy of the Tahirids -- 4. The 'Amiriya in Rada' -- 5. Architectural and Decorative Structure -- 6. The Architectural Decoration / Venetia Porter -- 7. The Painted Decoration. An Influence from Indian Textiles? / Ruth Barnes -- 8. Conclusion -- 9. The Restoration of the 'Amiriya -- App. The Inscriptions of the Prayer Hall / Yahya al-Nasiri and Venetia Porter
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-215)
Subject ʻAmiriya Madrasah.
Islamic architecture -- Conservation and restoration -- Yemen (Republic) -- Ridāʻ.
Madrasahs -- Conservation and restoration -- Yemen (Republic) -- Ridāʻ.
SUBJECT Ridāʻ (Yemen) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81130648 -- Buildings, structures, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99004820
Author Barnes, Ruth, 1947-
Hillenbrand, Robert.
LC no. 98193491
ISBN 0197280234