Jerusalem

In this fourth volume of collected works, the articles published by Grabar on the city of Jerusalem are presented. The essays present lengthy treatment of the Dome of the Rock, the Haram al-Sharif, and the history of the construction and use of Islamic commemorative monuments in Jerusalem, among other topics. In addition, an introduction presents an extended personal account of Grabar's research years at the American School in 1953-4 and 1960-1. The volume is well illustrated with b&w plates and concludes with an impressively long chronological bibliography of the author's publications through 2005. Grabar, now at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, was for years professor of Islamic art and architecture at Harvard U. where he trained many graduate students who number among the leading scholars in the field. Annotation 穢2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)