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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 (some folded) : 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
  • Architecture, Umayyad > Jerusalem
  • Art, Umayyad > Jerusalem
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN
  • 9780748695607
  • 0748695605
LCCN
40026007185
OCLC
  • 946157546
  • ocn946157546
  • SCSB-5850771
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries