History of Africa and Spain
| Name of text: | History of Africa and Spain |
| Author of text: | Ibn Idhari [lived in Marrakech] |
| Date of text: | 1312 |
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| Name of structure in text: | Great Mosque, Cordoba |
| Type of structure in text: | mosque |
| Date of structure in text | renovation in 961 |
| Century of structure 1: | 10 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | |
| Country in text: | Spain |
| Region in text: | Andalucia |
| City in text: | Cordoba |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: | |
| Description of mosaic in text: | 320 quintars [1 quintar = 226 kg] of mosaics, a gift to Caliph al-Hakam from the king of Rum. |
| Mosaic date in text: | 10 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | No |
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| Bibliography: | Ibn Idhari, Histoire de l’Afrique et de l’Espagne (Leiden: R. Dozy, 1848-51), vol 2, p. 253 quoted in Marguerite 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. 133 |
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| Comments: | Author describes how a specialist accompanied the consignment, and taught the local slaves his craft. |