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The Dome of the Rock and its Umayyad mosaic inscriptions

Title
The Dome of the Rock and its Umayyad mosaic inscriptions / Marcus Milwright.
Author
Milwright, Marcus
Publication
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]

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Description
xiv, 298 pages, 2 folded leaves : illustrations (some color); 26 cm.
Summary
The Dome of the Rock is a shrine located on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. When was it built? What meanings was it meant to convey to viewers at the time of its construction? These are questions that have preoccupied historians of Islamic art and architecture, and numerous interpretations of the Dome of the Rock have been proposed. Marcus Milwright returns to one of the most important pieces of evidence: the mosaic inscriptions running around the two faces of the octagonal arcade. His detailed examination of the physical characteristics, morphology and content of these inscriptions provides new evidence about the chronology the building and the iconography of the Dome of the Rock.
Series Statement
Edinburgh studies in Islamic art
Uniform Title
Edinburgh studies in Islamic art.
Subject
  • Qubbat al-Ṣakhrah (Mosque : Jerusalem)
  • Islamic inscriptions > Jerusalem
  • Islamic mosaics > Jerusalem
  • Architecture, Umayyad > Jerusalem
  • Art, Umayyad > Jerusalem
  • Architecture, Umayyad
  • Art, Umayyad
  • Islamic inscriptions
  • Middle East > Jerusalem
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-287) and indexes.
Call Number
JQF 16-1206
ISBN
  • 9780748695607
  • 0748695605
LCCN
2016429141
OCLC
YBP 2016429141
Author
Milwright, Marcus, author.
Title
The Dome of the Rock and its Umayyad mosaic inscriptions / Marcus Milwright.
Publisher
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Edinburgh studies in Islamic art
Edinburgh studies in Islamic art.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-287) and indexes.
Research Call Number
JQF 16-1206
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