Geography
| Name of text: | Geography |
| Author of text: | Idrisi |
| Date of text: | 1154 |
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| Name of structure in text: | Umayyad Mosque/Great Mosque of Damascus |
| Type of structure in text: | Mosque |
| Date of structure in text | 8th century |
| Century of structure 1: | 8 AD |
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| Country in text: | Syria |
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| City in text: | Damascus |
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| Description of mosaic in text: | In Damascus there is the Mosque, the like of which building exists in no other place of the earth, nor is any more beautiful in proportion, nor any more solidly constructed, nor any more securely vaulted, nor any more wonderfully planned, nor any more admirably decorated with all varieties of gold mosaic work, and enamelled tiles, and polished marble. |
| Mosaic date in text: | 8 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | Yes |
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| Bibliography: | Le Strange, Guy, trans., Palestine under the Moslems (London: Alexander P. Watt, 1890), A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from AD 650 to 1500, translated from the works of the Mediaeval Arab Geographers, pp. 238-9 Arabic text published in J. Gildemeister, Transactions of the German Palaestina-Verein (1885), vol. 8. |
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