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28. Early Islamic Art from the Middle East to Western Europe

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Link to larger image in new window Leaf from Koran at beginning of Surah 18, ink and gold on vellum, 9th or early 10th century (G 10-16)
Link to larger image in new window Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, architecture and mosaics, completed under Abd’al-Malik, 687-692; Exterior (G 10-1)
Link to larger image in new window Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, architecture and mosaics, completed under Abd’al-Malik, 687-692; Interior (G 10-2)
Link to larger image in new window *Great Mosque, Damascus, 706-715, Plan
Link to larger image in new window Great Mosque, Damascus, 706-715; Aerial view (G 10-3)
Link to larger image in new window *Great Mosque, Damascus, 706-715; Courtyard
Link to larger image in new window Great Mosque, Damascus, 706-715; Courtyard mosaic (G 10-4)
Link to larger image in new window Umayyad Palace, Mshatta, Jordan, ca. 740-750; Plan (G 10-5)
Link to larger image in new window *Umayyad Palace, Mshatta, Jordan, ca. 740-750; Reconstruction of facade
Link to larger image in new window Umayyad Palace, Mshatta, Jordan, ca. 740-750; Limestone reliefs (G 10-6)
Link to larger image in new window Umayyad Palace, Mshatta, Jordan, ca. 740-750; Linestone reliefs: detail (G 10-6)
Link to larger image in new window Great Mosque, Córdoba, Spain, 8th -10th centuries; Prayer Hall (G 10-11)
Link to larger image in new window Great Mosque, Córdoba, Spain, 961-965; Maqsura (G 10-12)
Link to larger image in new window Compare: Emeterius, Manuscript of Beatus’ Commentary on the Apocalypse: Tower and scriptorium of San Salvador at Tábara (G 11-10)
Link to larger image in new window Great Mosque, Córdoba, Spain, 961-965; Dome in front of Mihrab (G 10-13)
Link to larger image in new window *Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Cairo, 876-879; Exterior view
Link to larger image in new window *Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Cairo, 876-879; Courtyard
Link to larger image in new window *Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Cairo, 876-879; Courtyard
Link to larger image in new window *Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Cairo, 876-879; Interior: Prayer hall
Link to larger image in new window *Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Cairo, 876-879; Interior: mihrab
Link to larger image in new window Compare: Malwiya minaret of Great Mosque, Samarra, Iraq, 848-852 (G 10-9)
 
Terms
  • Mecca: Ka’ba
  • Koran
  • Kufic script
  • Umayyads
  • Mozarabic Christians
  • Fatimids
  • masjid (mosque)
  • mihrab, minbar, minaret

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