Verdadera informacion de la tierra santa segun la disposicion en que en este anno de MDXXX el auctor la vio y passeo
Name of text: | Verdadera informacion de la tierra santa segun la disposicion en que en este anno de MDXXX el auctor la vio y passeo |
Author of text: | Antonio di Aranda |
Date of text: | 1530 |
Date of person in text: | |
Name of structure in text: | Dome of the Rock |
Type of structure in text: | mosque |
Date of structure in text | 688-91 |
Century of structure 1: | 7 AD |
Century of structure 2: | |
Country in text: | Israel |
Region in text: | |
City in text: | Jerusalem |
Specific place of mosaic in text: | Upper walls |
Description of mosaic in text: | This edifice externally from the middle downwards is all faced with very rich marble; from the middle upwards it is worked in rich mosaics, foliage, and other beautiful frescoes. |
Mosaic date in text: | 7 AD |
Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | No |
Colour descriptions in text: | |
Bibliography: | Verdadera informacion de la tierra santa segun la disposicion en que en este anno de MDXXX el auctor la vio y passeo, fol. lxiii b. |
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Comments: | Quote in Creswell, K. A. C., A Short Account of Early Muslim Architecture (1958), p. 31. |