The Dome: A Study in the History of Ideas |
Contents
PREFACE | 3 |
THE USE OF THE WOODEN DOME IN THE NEAR EAST | 10 |
THE MASONRY DOME AND THE MORTUARY TRADITION | 45 |
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altar ambon ancestral ancient Antioch apse Arabs arch Babylas baldachin baptistery basilica bema Bosra brick building built Butler Byzantine celestial central chapel Choricius Christ ciborium coin construction cosmic house Creswell cruciform Cult of Martyrs cupola divine domical church domical martyrium domical shape domical tomb domical tradition Domus Domus aurea dwelling Early Churches East Edessa evidence exedra fifth fourth century Gaza Gerasa Grabar Hagia Sophia heaven heavenly Herzfeld Holy Sepulchre ibid interior Islamic Jerusalem Kal'at Sim'ân kalubé Lassus liturgy martyria martyrium masonry dome monumental mortuary mosaic nave octagon omphalos op.cit original pagan Palestine piers pine cone Place of Commemoration qobba qubâb rebuilt rectangular relics Resafa restored Roman sacred Sanctuaires sanctuary Seleucia Pieria Sergius shelter side-chambers Simeon Stylites sixth century square stone structure symbolic Syria Syria and Palestine Syrian churches Syrie tabernacle tegurium temple tent tholos tomb of Bizzos vault Vincent and Abel Vogüé Watzinger wood wooden dome