In the Shadow of the Church: The Building of Mosques in Early Medieval Syria (Arts and Archaeology of the Islamic World)

In His Book In The Shadow Of The Church: The Building Of Mosques In Early Medieval Syria Mattia Guidetti Examines The Establishment Of Muslim Religious Architecture Within The Christian Context In Which It First Appeared In The Syrian Region, Contributing To The Debate On The Transformation Of Late Antique Society To A Muslim One. He Scrutinizes The Slow Process Of Conversion To Islam Of The Most Important Town Centers By Looking At Religious Places Of Both Communities Between The Seventh And The Eleventh Century. The Author Assesses The Relevancy Of Churches By Analyzing The Location Of Mosques And By Researching Phenomena Of Transfer Of Marble Material From Churches To Mosques.-- 1. Introduction -- 2. After The Conquest: The Entangled Lives Of Churches And Mosques. Cities And Churches After The Conquest ; Narratives About Early Mosques And Presumed Cases Of Conversion Of Churches Into Mosques ; Mosques Near The Basilica Of The Nativity And The Holy Sepulcher -- 3 .the Contiguity Of Churches And Mosques. Deconstructing The Paradigm Of Partition ; Contiguity: Churches And Mosques In The Conquered Cities ; Mosques, Markets, And Administrative Complexes ; Muslims' Attraction To Churches -- 4. In And Out Of Place. The Coexistence Of Religious Communities And The Location Of Places Of Worship ; Communities' Encounters ; Art And Identity In Early Medieval Bilad Al-sham -- 5. Material Transfers In The Early Medieval Mediterranean: Marble Columns From Churches To Mosques. Christian Columns And Marble Material In Early Medieval Mosques ; Literary Evidence Of The Reuse Of Christian Columns In The Early Medieval Period ; Modalities Of The Acquisition And Transfer Of Materials ; Spolia In The Historiography Of Islamic Art -- 6. More Christianorum: Marble And Columns In Early Medieval Mosques. Marble And The Aesthetics Of Polychromy ; Columns As Links Of An Architectural Network ; Sacred Columns -- 7. Epilogue. The Vanishing Of The Late Antique Sacred Landscape ; A New Place For Christian Spolia In Islamic Art ; Conclusion. By Mattia Guidetti. This Work Is The Result Of My Post-doctoral Research Activity. It Developed Out Of A Chapter Of My Phd Dissertation ...--acknowledgments, Page Ix. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 175-204) And Index. In the Shadow of the Church: The Building of Mosques in Early Medieval Syria Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgments List of Figures and Plates Note on Transliteration 1 Introduction 2 After the Conquest: The Entangled Lives of Churches and Mosques Cities and Churches after the Conquest Narratives about Early Mosques and Presumed Cases of Conversion of Churches into Mosques Mosques near the Basilica of the Nativity and the Holy Sepulcher 3 The Contiguity of Churches and Mosques Deconstructing the Paradigm of Partition “Contiguity”: Churches and Mosques in the Conquered Cities Mosques, Markets, and Administrative Complexes Muslims’ Attraction to Churches 4 In and Out of Place The Coexistence of Religious Communities and the Location of Places of Worship Communities’ Encounters Art and Identity in Early Medieval Bilad al-Sham 5 Material Transfers in the Early Medieval Mediterranean: Marble Columns from Churches to Mosques Christian Columns and Marble Material in Early Medieval Mosques Literary Evidence of the Reuse of Christian Columns in the Early Medieval Period Modalities of the Acquisition and Transfer of Materials Spolia in the Historiography of Islamic Art 6 More Christianorum: Marble and Columns in Early Medieval Mosques Marble and the Aesthetics of Polychromy Columns as Links of an Architectural Network Sacred Columns 7 Epilogue The Vanishing of the Late Antique Sacred Landscape A New Place for Christian Spolia in Islamic Art Conclusion Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Literature Index Plates