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BL
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1090862
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bc1010469
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English
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| Main Entry
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Milwright, Marcus
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| Title & Author
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The Dome of the Rock and its Umayyad mosaic inscriptions /\ Marcus Milwright.
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| Publication Statement
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Edinburgh :: Edinburgh University Press,, [2016]
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| Series Statement
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Edinburgh studies in Islamic art
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xiv, 298 pages, 2 leaves) :: illustrations (some color)
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| ISBN
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9781474460446
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: 1474460445
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9780748695607
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0748695605
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-287) and indexes.
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| Contents
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The setting of the Dome of the Rock -- Initial description of the mosaic inscriptions -- Mosaic scripts in late antiquity -- Visual sources for the mosaic script of the Dome of the Rock -- Focus on details -- Proposing a sequence -- Symbolic dimensions of inscriptions in late antiquity and early Islam -- The inscriptions of the Dome of the Rock in their historical context.
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| Abstract
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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.
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Qubbat al-Ṣakhrah (Mosque : Jerusalem)
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Qubbat al-Ṣakhrah (Mosque : Jerusalem)
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Mosa!k
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Islamic inscriptions-- Jerusalem.
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Islamic mosaics-- Jerusalem.
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Architecture, Umayyad-- Jerusalem.
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Art, Umayyad-- Jerusalem.
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Inscriptions islamiques.
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Mosaïque islamique-- Jérusalem.
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Architecture omeyyade-- Jérusalem.
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Art omeyyade-- Jérusalem.
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ARCHITECTURE-- Buildings-- Religious.
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Islamic mosaics
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Architecture, Umayyad.
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Art, Umayyad.
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Islamic inscriptions.
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Inschrift
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Middle East, Jerusalem.
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Felsendom Jerusalem
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Jérusalem, Ḥaram al-Sharīf.
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| Dewey Classification
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726/.209569442
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| LC Classification
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NA5978.J5Q336 2016eb
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