Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century: Volume 2, Part 1 (Dumbarton Oaks Other Titles in Byzantine Studies): Volume Volume 2, Part 1 - Hardcover

Irfan Shahid

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0884022846 ISBN 13: 9780884022848

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2002

Synopsis

Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century is devoted to frontier studies and to the structures of the Arab federates of Byzantium. It deals mainly with the Ghassanids of Oriens in the sixth century, a time of transition from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages. The focus of this study is on the military, religious, and civil structures of the Ghassanids. The detailed study of these buildings contributes to our understanding of Byzantine provincial art and architecture in Oriens, as they were adopted by the federate Arabs and later adapted to their own use. As monuments of Christian architecture, these federate structures constitute the missing link in the development of Arab architecture in the region--the link between the earlier pagan (Nabataean and Palmyrene) and later Muslim (Umayyad).

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Irfan Shahîd (1926–2016) was Associate Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks and Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America and was Oman Professor of Arabic and Islamic Literature Emeritus at Georgetown University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0884022846
• ISBN 13: 9780884022848
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 512