Muyjam al-Buldân
Name of text: | Muyjam al-Buldân |
Author of text: | Yaqut |
Date of text: | 12th-13th century |
Date of person in text: | 1179-1229 |
Name of structure in text: | Church at Najran, Syria |
Type of structure in text: | church |
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Country in text: | Syria |
Region in text: | Laja |
City in text: | Najran |
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Description of mosaic in text: | Decorated with mosaic |
Mosaic date in text: | Unknown |
Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | No |
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Bibliography: | Yâqût, Muyjam al-Buldân, ed. F. Wüstenfeld (Leipzig, 1867), IV, p. 758 See also Shahîd, Irfan, ‘Byzantium in South Arabia’, Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 33 (1979), 23-94, pp. 69, 79. |
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