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Macaulay, David , Macaulay, David

Mosque

96 pp. | Houghton/Lorraine | October, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-618-24034-9 $$18.00

(2) 4-6 Bringing his usual precise observation and clarity of description, Macaulay focuses on the architecture and engineering of a fictional 1595 "charitable foundation": a large mosque plus a religious college, a soup kitchen, public baths, and a tomb. The mosque itself, with its elaborate buttressing system of arches and half domes, its variety of materials, and its richly ornamented interior, will fascinate budding engineers and art historians.

Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2003