The Travels of Ibn Jubayr
Name of text: | The Travels of Ibn Jubayr |
Author of text: | Ibn Jubayr |
Date of text: | April-May 1184 |
Date of person in text: | 1145-1217 |
Name of structure in text: | Medina Mosque - Mosque of the Apostle of God - The Rawdah |
Type of structure in text: | Garden |
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Country in text: | Saudi Arabia |
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City in text: | Medina |
Specific place of mosaic in text: | Walls |
Description of mosaic in text: | The lower half of the south wall is cased with marble, tile on tile, of varying order and colour; a splendid marquetry. The upper half is wholly inlaid with pieces of gold called fusayfisa (mosaic) in which the artist has displayed amazing skill, producing shapes of trees in divers forms, their branches laden with fruit. The whole Mosque is of this style, but the work in the south wall is more embellished. The wall looking on the court from the south side is of this manner, as also is that which does so from the north side. The west and east walls that overlook the court are wholly white and carved, and adorned with a band that contains various kinds of colours. |
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Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | Yes |
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Bibliography: | The Travels of Ibn Jubayr, ed. and trans. by Roland Broadhurst (London: Goodword Books, 1952, repr. 2011), p. 202 |
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