al-Nuri Mosque
| Name of structure: | al-Nuri Mosque |
| Extended name of structure: | Great Mosque of al-Nuri |
| Type of structure: | Mosque |
| Country or main area: | Syria |
| Region within country or main area: | |
| City or area within region: | Homs/Hims |
| Date of structure: | 1149-54 |
| Century of structure 1: | 12 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Mihrab hood. |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Spiralling vines in green and yellow outlined in black, mother-of-pearl grapes, gold ground, foliate scrolls. |
| Date of mosaic: | 1149-54 |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 12 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | |
| Silver tessera at site: | No |
| Gold tessera at site: | Yes |
| Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
| Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | |
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| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Kenney, Ellen, ‘Mixed Metaphors: Iconography and Medium in Mamluk Glass Mosaic Decoration’, Artibus Asiae, 66.2 (2006), 175-200, p. 183 King, Geoffrey, ‘The Islamic Monuments of Homs’, Arts & the Islamic World, 31.2 (1997), 33-36 |
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