Great Mosque

Name of structure: Great Mosque
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Mosque
Country or main area: Spain
Region within country or main area: Andalusia
City or area within region: Córdoba
Date of structure: 784-6
Century of structure 1: 8 AD
Century of structure 2: 8 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Walls, Mihrab.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Geometrical patterns, flora, inscriptions.
Date of mosaic: 10C
Century of mosaic 1: 10 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 10 AD
Silver tessera at site: Unknown
Gold tessera at site: Yes
Colour tessera at site: Yes
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?

No
Has analysis been done? Unknown
Samples taken from where? n/a
Excavation and restoration campaigns:
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Khoury, Nuha N. N., ‘The meaning of the Great Mosque of Cordoba in the tenth Century’, Muqarnas 13 (1996), 80-98.


Stern, H., Les mosaiques de la Grande Mosquee de Cordoue (Berlin, 1976), 6-47.


Mar-cais, G., ‘Sur les mosaiques de la Grande Mosquee de Cordoue’, Studies in Islamic Art and Architecture in Honour of K. A. C. Creswell (Cairo, 1965), 147-56.


 
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Is known to have included representations of gardens and palaces.

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