Islamic Architecture: Form, Function and Meaning
| Name of text: | Islamic Architecture: Form, Function and Meaning |
| Author of text: | Robert Hillebrand |
| Date of text: | 1994 |
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| Name of structure in text: | Umayyad Mosque/Great Mosque of Damascus minaret |
| Type of structure in text: | Minaret |
| Date of structure in text | Eighth century |
| Century of structure 1: | 8 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 8 AD |
| Country in text: | Syria |
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| City in text: | Damascus |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: | Exterior of minaret |
| Description of mosaic in text: | According to Hillenbrand, it is reasonable to assume that 'the minaret covered with external glass mosaic at the north entrance of the Damascus mosque was erected by al-Walid I. This tower was unfortunately destroyed in 570/1174, and replaced soon thereafter by the present minaret on that site'. |
| Mosaic date in text: | 8 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | No |
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| Bibliography: | Hillenbrand, Robert, Islamic Architecture: Form, function and meaning (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1994), p. 137 |
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