A Restricted Gaze: The Ornament of the Main Caliphal Palace of Samarra

This essay examines the architectural ornament of Samarra’s Main Caliphal Palace, also known as the Dar al-Khilafa, in light of the context in which it was seen. First, it offers a partial reconstruction of the architectural ornament in one section of the palace, its Audience Hall Complex, based on...

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Main Author: Saba, Matthew D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: Muqarnas
Year: 2015, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 155-195
Further subjects:B Samarra
 ornament
 palace
 architecture
 Dar al-Khilafa
 Ernst Herzfeld
 archive
 Audience Hall
 Abbasid

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