Al-Mushtarak wadh'a wal-Muftaraq Sa'qa
| Name of text: | Al-Mushtarak wadh'a wal-Muftaraq Sa'qa |
| Author of text: | Yaqut |
| Date of text: | 12th century |
| Date of person in text: | 1179-1229 |
| 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 |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: | |
| Description of mosaic in text: | One can see the representation of each town and tree [existing] in the world, in gold, green, or yellow mosaic. |
| Mosaic date in text: | 8 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | Yes |
| Colour descriptions in text: | green yellow |
| Bibliography: | Yaqut, al-Mushtarak wadh'a wal-Muftaraq Sa'qa, trans. by J. Wustenfeld (Leipzig: 1866-73), vol. 2, p. 593, quoted in Margurite van Berchem, ‘Les Mosaiques de la Mosquée des Omayyades a Damas’, in Eustache de Lorey and Marguerite Gautier van Berchem, Monuments et Mémoires (Paris: Foundation Eugene Piot, 1929), p. 132 |
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