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The Mosaics of Khirbet el-Mafjar : Hisham's Palace
- Title
- The Mosaics of Khirbet el-Mafjar : Hisham's Palace / Ḥamdān Tāhā and Donald Whitcomb.
- Author
- Ṭāhā, Ḥamdān
- Publication
- Ramallah : Palestinian Department of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage, 2014 ; Chicago : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2015.
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- Additional Authors
- Whitcomb, Donald S.
- Description
- 127 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color), color map; 28 cm
- Summary
- "This is a presentation of beautiful colored mosaics. They originate from buildings in the oasis of Jericho and all date from the first half of the eighth century, during the time of Umayyad caliphate of the early Islamic period. Many visitors have had the privilege of seeing the mosaics revealed, but no one has experienced the impact of all these pavements since they were first excavated in the 1930s and 1940s. A few have been published, but the presentation in Hamilton and Grabar (1959) is only very fine aquarelle paintings from the originals. In 2010 the Department of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage uncovered, cleaned, and assessed the state of conservation of these mosaics. A series of high-quality digital photographs was prepared by a team from the Department, composed of M. Diab, N. Khatib, Said Ghazal, Rafaat Sharaia, and I. Hamdan, under the direction of Ḥ. Tāhā, from which the present selection is offered for study and appreciation of this triumph in early Islamic art. These images speak for themselves." -- Publisher's description
- Subjects
- Hishām ibn ʻAbd al-Malik, Caliph, 691-743
- Mosaic floors
- Islamic mosaics
- Mosaic floors > West Bank > Mafjar Site
- Islamic mosaics > West Bank > Mafjar Site
- Khirbat al Mafjir
- Antiquities
- Mosaik
- Mosaic floors > West Bank > Mafjar Site > Pictorial works
- Islamic mosaics > West Bank > Mafjar Site > Pictorial works
- Palast des Hischam > Jericho
- Khirbat al Mafjir > Pictorial works
- Fussbodenmosaik
- Palaces
- Hishām ibn ʻAbd al-Malik, Caliph, 691-743 > Palaces > West Bank > Mafjar Site > Pictorial works
- Pictorial works
- West Bank > Mafjar Site
- West Bank > Antiquities > Pictorial works
- Genre/Form
- Pictorial works.
- Note
- "Joint publication, Palestinian Department of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage, The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Ramallah 2014 and Chicago 2015."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 32-33).
- Contents
- Foreword / Rula Maya'a -- Introduction -- Location and identification of Qasr Hisham -- History of excavations -- Description of palace -- Description of mosaics -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Mosaic technique / Mohammed Diab -- Addendum 1: The mosaics workshop, training, and conservation projects / Ḥamdān Tāhā -- Addendum 2: Shelter and management plans for protection of the mosaics / Ḥamdān Tāhā -- Bibliography -- Order of presentation of mosaic plates -- Abstract.
- ISBN
- 1614910049
- 9781614910046
- 9789950351073
- 9950351073
- LCCN
- 2015940021
- OCLC
- 913332459
- SCSB-5818629
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries