Mamluk Jerusalem – An Architectural Study – Michael Burgoyne

Mamluk Jerusalem – An Architectural Study

Michael Burgoyne

Total magnificence of design and the skill of the craftsmen of the Mamluk period

The result of sixteen years' work inspired by Dame Kathleen Kenyon providing insights into the historical and geographical character of Jerusalem and placing its architectural development during the Mamluk period into context. This volume also provides a comprehensive catalogue of buildings for that period along with unique plans and photographs and detailed historical analyses of individual buildings, making important new material available.

From the middle of the 13th century until 1517, Jerusalem was ruled by the Mamluk sultans. Today their city still characterises the Holy City, a diadem surrounding the exceptional presence of the early buildings set apart within al-Haram al-Sharif.

This book records for the first time the total magnificence of design and the skill of the craftsmen of that period. The studied elegance of these buildings still represents to many people throughout the world the continuing presence of Islam in the city through fourteen centuries of Islamic history.

For some fifteen years the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem conducted a definitive survey of the buildings wherever circumstances and conditions allowed. The results of this meticulous work are here presented in a magnificent volume. This work represents a corpus of standard reference on the subject for all time in a format and style commensurate with its importance.

Part I has chapters on the earlier medieval architecture of Jerusalem, the historical background of the Mamluk state, Jerusalem society and politics, the architectural development under the Mamluks, plan types, techniques and features, stylistic influences, care of the buildings and conservation policy.

Part II is a catalogue of buildings each considered with plans, site study, history and architectural description.

Part III is a chronological list of Islamic architecture in Jerusalem from the 7th to the 20th century.

Principal contributors:

– Michael Burgoyne, D Phil, ARIAS, RIBA, Head of Survey BSAJ

– Donald Richards, MA, Oriental Institute, Oxford

The work has the valuable assistance of Dr Christel Kessler and Robert Hamilton.

Additional Format Details:

Hardback with wallet for additional large fold out drawings, slip case

Over 680 black and white plates, 377 plans and drawings, 32 colour plates.

Part of a Trilogy

'The trilogy of Ottoman Jerusalem, Mamluk Jerusalem and Ayyubid Jerusalem by Sylvia Auld & Robert Hillenbrand is magisterial, brilliantly fascinating, obligatory reading.' — London Evening Standard (2009)

To purchase the trilogy set, please click here.

Language: English
ISBN: 9780905035338
1987, Hardcover in a box, 622 pages, 22.0 x 30.0 cm,
Over 680 black and white plates, 377 plans and drawings, 32 colour plates, hardback with wallet for additional large fold out drawings, slip case.

Shipping weight: Approx. 8 lbs.