Conflation of celestial and physical topographies in the Omani decorated miḥrāb
Contenu
Bandyopadhyay, Soumyen. 2009. « Conflation of Celestial and Physical Topographies in the Omani Decorated miḥrāb ». Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 40: 99-110, bibliographie, consulté le 17 juillet 2025, https://www.ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/31485
- Titre
- Conflation of celestial and physical topographies in the Omani decorated miḥrāb
- Auteur
- Bandyopadhyay, Soumyen Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Date
- 2010
- Dans
- Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Résumé
- Thispaperdiscussestheroleandoverlappingmeaningoftwokeythemespersistenwt ithintheOmanidecorativetraditions,tars anddatepalms,byfocusingonthedecoratedprayerniches(mahãrfbs,g.mihrãbo) fOman.Italso addressesthecloseconnection betweenconceptionosftopographiynOmanicultureandthearticulatioonfthresholdbs,othsacredanddomesticT. hepaperargues thatan attempttoconnectthecelestialandphysicaltopographicconceptiontshatis attheheartofthecomplexwaterdistribution strategyoftheaflãjirrigatiosnystemalso prevailsin themihrãbT. he Ibadï artisanof Omanintegraterdepresentatioonfsboth continuouasndinstantaneoutismeemployintgheendlessknotandstellarmotifsE.mphasizingthesacrednatureoftimeandlightas divineattributeosressenceofGod,themihrãbsoughttorepresenatcelestialtopographyw,hichwas madepossiblethroughIbadï analogicalinterpretatioonfsanthropomorphiisnmtheQurDanandan expandinginfluencoefmysticismamongstOmanischolars. Omanimihrãband doordecorationshowsa close affinitbyetweenstellarand date-palmrepresentationtsh,elatteralso heldin sacredesteeminOman.Theaflãjirrigatiosnystemoncedependedsignificantolyn thepositionofstarsinthenightskytoensure thedistributioonfwaterT. heinterchangeabrlepresentatiosunggestsa conflatioonftheterrestritaolpographoyftheoasisandthe celestialtopographyTh. ehorizonmediatedthisrelationshipac,tingas a thresholtdhroughwhichthecelestialbodieshadtopassto be meaningfulalyssociatedwiththeterrestritaolpographyA.ppearingas woventapestrieosrboundedspatialrepresentationbso,th themihrãbandtheOmanidoorwaydecorationmarka thresholidnthesacredandsecularpassage.
- Sujet
- Architecture -- Oman Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur
- Langue
- eng
- volume
- 40
- pages
- 99-110
Bandyopadhyay, Soumyen. 2009. « Conflation of Celestial and Physical Topographies in the Omani Decorated miḥrāb ». Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 40: 99-110, bibliographie, consulté le 17 juillet 2025, https://www.ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/31485
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