The Minbar of Saladin :  Reconstructing A Jewel of Islamic Art / 
edited by Lynette Singer 
 - 206 pages :  Illustrations (some colours), maps, plans ;  29 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes 
<br/><br/>This is the remarkable story of one of the masterpieces of Islamic art, the Minbar of Saladin. Made in the middle of the 12th century, this wooden pulpit, perhaps the finest ever seen, stood eight hundred years until it was Jerusalem for some eight hundred years until it was burned down in 1969 by a tourist claiming to be acting on orders from God. Its loss to the Muslim world was immense, and so the decision was taken by the mosque's guardians, the Jordanian royal family, to rebuild it. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780500238431 (Hardback) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Masjid al-Aqsa (Jerusalem).
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Minbars--Jerusalem.<br/>slamic wood-carving<br/>Islamic decoration and ornament.<br/>Minbars--Jordan--Salt.<br/>Islamic wood-carving--Reproduction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Jerusalem--Buildings, structures, etc.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>NA5978.J53  / M56