The Scone ADFAS is pleased to present Sue Rollin and her lecture “Glorious Domes: From The Pantheon to the Taj Mahal”
Tuesday April 1st 2025, 6.30pm
Scone Arts & Crafts Hall Kingdon St, Scone
Members free, Guest $30
Refreshments will be served after lecture. Note: cash, cheque or bank transfer prior to the lecture only (no credit card).
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Sue ROLLIN
Sue Rollin lives in London and holds degrees in Near Eastern archaeology, South Asian studies and conference interpreting. She has tutored and lectured at London and Cambridge Universities, been a staff interpreter at the European Commission, and currently works as a freelance interpreter, lecturer and tour guide. Sue has travelled widely for work and pleasure and has led cultural tours in Spain, Sicily, Morocco, the Middle East, Central Asia and India. She has co-authored travel guides on Jordan and on Istanbul. In the UK, Sue lectures for the Arts Society and the V&A and she has done four previous ADFAS lecture tours.
GLORIOUS DOMES: FROM THE PANTHEON TO THE TAJ MAHAL Stories of impressive domes:
Hadrian’s Pantheon in Rome boasts the world’s largest concrete dome, while the brick dome of St. Sophia in Constantinople, commissioned by 6C emperor Justinian, is a Byzantine masterpiece. A thousand years later Ottoman architect Sinan strove to emulate its genius in the mosques he designed for his sultanic masters. In Samarkand, a brilliant blue ribbed double dome rises over the 15C mausoleum of Tamerlane, the precursor to the domes of the Mughals, including the Taj Mahal in Agra, clad in marble and resembling a large pearl, a fitting crown to a magnificent monument to earthly love.