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

منو

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

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1061685
Doc. NO	:	ALei2082
Main Entry	:	Tabbaa, Yasser
Title & Author	:	Fountain - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Tabbaa, Yasser
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,309 words)
Abstract	:	Fountains in Islamic art and architecture exhibit considerable variation, both in terms of the etymologies of the various words for “fountain” and the physical forms, facts that may reflect the structure’s multiple linguistic and architectural sources. Etymologically, some of the terms that have been used to refer to fountains—including ʿayn (spring), salsabīl (sacred spring), and kaʾs (cup or basin)—are Qurʾānic; others—including dūlāb (rotating fountain), çeshme (water jet), and shādirwān or chādar (inclined plane fountain)—have a Persian etymology; and one later term, fisqiyya (small basin with
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei2082.pdf