Born in Scotland, James Fergusson (1808-86) spent ten years as an
indigo planter in India before embarking upon a second career as an
architectural historian. Despite his lack of formal training, he
became an expert in the field of Indian architecture. The
topography and temples of ancient Jerusalem also fascinated him.
This 1865 collection of two lectures summarises his controversial
topographical and architectural argument that the location where
Constantine erected the original Holy Sepulchre was the Dome of the
Rock on the Temple Mount. Fergusson then describes the Temple in
its successive forms, arguing against the view that the rock known
as the foundation stone was the site of the Jewish altar. The work
is illustrated throughout with plans and drawings. Fergusson's Cave
Temples of India (1880) and the two-volume revised edition of his
History of Indian and Eastern Architecture (1910) are also reissued
in the Cambridge Library Collection.
General
Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology |
Release date: |
2015 |
Authors: |
James Fergusson
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
172 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-108-08063-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
Archaeology >
Archaeology by period / region >
General
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LSN: |
1-108-08063-4 |
Barcode: |
9781108080637 |
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