Dome of the Rock

Name of structure: Dome of the Rock
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Mosque
Country or main area: Israel
Region within country or main area:
City or area within region: Jerusalem
Date of structure: 688-91
Century of structure 1: 7 AD
Century of structure 2: 7 AD
Specific place of mosaic:

Inside of the drum, arches of supporting circular colonnade & surrounding octagonal colonnade.
Originally also the exterior and the dome. Mosaic inscription from 1140: Templum Domini. Destroyed in 1087 when Jerusalem was retaken.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Flora, fauna, jewelery, vases, geometrical patterns.
Date of mosaic: 7C
Century of mosaic 1: 7 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 7 AD
Silver tessera at site: Yes
Gold tessera at site: Yes
Colour tessera at site: Yes
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? Unknown
Has analysis been done? No
Samples taken from where? n/a
Excavation and restoration campaigns:
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

McKenzie, J., The Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt 300 B.C.-A.D. 700 (Yale, 2007).


van Bercham, G. 'The mosaics of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and of the Great Mosque in Damascus', in Early Muslim Architecture, ed by R. A. C. Creswell (2nd ed.) (Oxford, 1969).


 


 
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