Bayt Farhi and the Sephardic palaces of Ottoman Damascus : in the late 18th and 19th centuries

1. Verfasser: Macaulay-Lewis, Elizabeth, , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Boston, MA : American Schools of Oriental Research, 2018.
Umfang/Format: xvi, 336 pages : color illustration, maps ; 29 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research ; v. 72.
Manar al-Athar monograph ; 4.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • The Farhi family and the Jewish community of Damascus in the 18th and 19th centuries
  • Monumental courtyard houses in Ottoman Damascus and Syria
  • Overview of the architecture of Bayt Farhi
  • The Bayt Farhi inscriptions / by Ezra Ashkenazie
  • Other 19th-century high status Jewish houses and their evolution
  • The Barrani courtyard
  • The Juwwani, middle, and service courtyards.