Dome - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Dome - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Tabbaa, Yasser

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1061468
Doc. NO	:	ALei1865
Main Entry	:	Tabbaa, Yasser
Title & Author	:	Dome - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Tabbaa, Yasser
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(2,301 words)
Abstract	:	A dome is an architectural feature that resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere, a rounded vault covering an interior space. Highlighting the functional and expressive dimensions of the dome rather than its technical features, this article begins with a brief etymology, with the sections that follow organised according to the four main functional types of domes used in the Islamic lands: religious, funerary, palatial, and utilitarian. 1. Etymology Qubba (pl. qibāb or qubāb ) is the most common word for dome in Arabic. The term may have been derived
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1865.pdf