JANINE SOURDEL-THOMINE
Le Minaret Ghouride de Jam: Un chef d'oeuvre du XIIe siecle
Paris: Diffusion de Boccard, 2004, 171 pp.; 69 b/w ills. [euro]50
The twelfth-century minaret at Jam in central Afghanistan (roughly midway between Herat and Kabul) is possibly the most spectacular medieval monument in the Islamic world (Fig. 1). Standing 255 feet high in the narrow confines of a remote mountain valley that is difficult of access, susceptible to flooding by spring ...