Perspectives on Early Islamic Art in Jerusalem (Arts and Archaeology of the Islamic World)

✍ Scribed by Lawrence Nees

Publisher: Brill
Year: 2015
Tongue: English
Leaves: 261
Edition: Illustrated
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Through its material remains, Perspectives on Early Islamic Art in Jerusalem analyzes several overlooked aspects of the earliest decades of Islamic presence in Jerusalem, during the seventh century CE. Focusing on the Haram al-Sharif, also known as the Temple Mount, Lawrence Nees provides the first sustained study of the Dome of the Chain, a remarkable eleven-sided building standing beside the slightly later Dome of the Rock, and the first study of the meaning of the columns and column capitals with figures of eagles in the Dome of the Rock. He also provides a new interpretation of the earliest mosque in Jerusalem, the Haram as a whole, with the sacred Rock at its center.

✦ Table of Contents

Perspectives on Early Islamic
Art in Jerusalem
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface on Sources
List of Illustrations
1: Introduction
2: The Earliest Mosque in Jerusalem
3: The Problem of “Arculf” and the Earliest Mosque in Jerusalem
4: The Dome of the Chain: An Essay in Interpretation
5: The Columns and Eagle Capitals in the Dome of the Rock
6: Conclusion: Crossing Borders
Bibliography
Index
Figures

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