Madrasa al-Zahiriyya
| Name of structure: | Madrasa al-Zahiriyya |
| Extended name of structure: | Mausoleum of Baybars I |
| Type of structure: | Madrasa (schoolroom) |
| Country or main area: | Syria |
| Region within country or main area: | |
| City or area within region: | Damascus |
| Date of structure: | 1277 |
| Century of structure 1: | 13 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | |
| Specific place of mosaic: | walls |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | A continuous frieze of glass mosaic that depicts architectural ensembles on three of the four interior walls, along with vases, trees, and other stylized vegetal motifs. |
| Date of mosaic: | 1277 |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 13 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | |
| Silver tessera at site: | |
| Gold tessera at site: | |
| Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
| Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | |
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| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Williams, Caroline, ‘The Mosque of Sitt Hadaq’, Muqarnas, 11 (1994), 55-64, see p. 62 Flood, Finbarr Barry, ‘Umayyad Survivals and Mamluk Revivals: Qalawunid Architecture and the Great Mosque of Damascus’, Muqarnas, 14 (1997), 57-79, p. 60 Rabbat, Nasser, ‘The Mosaics of the Qubba al-Zahiriyya in Damascus: A Classical Syrian Medium Acquires a Mamluk Signature’, ARAM, 9 (1997), 227-40
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| URLs: | http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=2777 |
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