| Name of text: |
Prairies d'or |
| Author of text: |
Al-Masoudi |
| Date of text: |
947 |
| Date of person in text: |
896-956 |
| Name of structure in text: |
Kaaba, see also Al-Qalis church, Sanaa |
| Type of structure in text: |
shrine |
| Date of structure in text |
rebuilding in 684 |
| Century of structure 1: |
7 AD |
| Century of structure 2: |
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| Country in text: |
Saudi Arabia |
| Region in text: |
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| City in text: |
Mecca |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: |
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| Description of mosaic in text: |
In mid sixth century, mosaics taken from a church in Sanaa, Yemen, built by Abrahah the Abyssinian, in order to decorate Kaaba |
| Mosaic date in text: |
7 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? |
Unknown |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? |
Unknown |
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| Bibliography: |
Al-Masoudi, Prairies d'or, Muruj al-dhahab, ed. and trans. by by Barbier de Meynard and Pavet de Courteille (Paris: 1861-77), vol. 5, pp. 192-3 |
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