Verdadera informacion de la tierra santa segun la disposicion en que en este anno de MDXXX el auctor la vio y passeo

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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
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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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Quote in Creswell, K. A. C., A Short Account of Early Muslim Architecture (1958), p. 31.

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