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TitleDome of the Rock, mosaic

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation date691–692 AD

Object typeMosaic

LocationJerusalem

SubjectsIslamic mosaicsMosquesTemple Mount (Jerusalem)Architecture, UmayyadIslamic decoration and ornamentIslamic architecture

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Of Votive Things

Ittai Weinryb

Agents of Faith: Votive Objects in Time and Place

Faith is a common aspect of all human societies. Faith makes us believe, wonder, and follow certain rituals—praying, wearing certain clothing, fasting, growing beards, or shaving hair. In some cultures, faith leads believers...

Author

Ittai Weinryb

PublisherBard Graduate Center

Related print edition pages: pp.xi-xviii

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20142&redirecttoanchor=15792

3. The Symbolic Appropriation of the Land

Oleg Grabar

The Formation of Islamic Art

Some time in the 630s, when Muslim forces were rapidly taking over the cities and territories of the Fertile Crescent, a curious event is said to have taken place in the small town of Qinnasrin in northern Syria. An Arab force under the celebrated general Abu Ubaydah had signed a truce of one year with the Christians of the city in order to allow those Christians who so desired to leave Syria for the Byzantine-held territories of Anatolia. A line of demarcation was established between the …

Author

Oleg Grabar

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.43-71

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00135.006

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-15229&redirecttoanchor=15792

Chapter subject tags:Islam--Middle East--HistoryIslamic Empire--HistoryQusayr ʻAmrah (Jordan : Dwelling)Islamic mural painting and decorationQubbat al-Ṣakhrah (Mosque : Jerusalem)Islamic architectureIslamic art--History

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