Marble past, monumental present : building with antiquities in the mediaeval Mediterranean / by Michael Greenhalgh.

Author
Greenhalgh, Michael [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Description
xv, 634 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).

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Series
Summary note
Accompanying CD-ROm contains ... "over 5000 images, together with discussions which extend various arguments in the printed text."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes
Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "over 5000 images, together with discussions which extend various arguments in the printed text."--P. [4] of cover.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [531]-598) and indexes.
System details
System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Windows Internet Explorer; CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
Action note
Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Contents
  • Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 Introduction
  • Ch. 2 Ancient and Early Christian Europe and Byzantium
  • Ch. 3 Quarrying, Transport and Preparation of Marble in the Middle Ages
  • Ch. 4 Looted and Trophy Marble
  • Ch. 5 Marble Hit Parade: Marble Members by Type and Destination
  • Ch. 6 Byzantium
  • Ch. 7 Earlier Islam
  • Ch. 8 King, Pope, Emir and Caliph: Europe and the Islamic Building-Boom
  • Ch. 9 Italy and Sicily
  • Ch. 10 Egypt, Later Syria and Seljuk and Ottoman Turkey
  • Ch. 11 France and Christian Spain.
ISBN
  • 9789004170834 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 9004170839 (hardback : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2008026654
OCLC
232656268
RCP
H - S
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