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The Great Mosque of Damascus (2001)

The Great Mosque of Damascus (2001)

Finbarr Barry Flood

Year: 2001
Authors: Finbarr Barry Flood
Publishers: BRILL
Pages: 438
Print type: BOOK

Description:

A detailed and well-illustrated study of the history, architecture and symbolism of the early 8th-century mosque. The heavily annotated text includes analyses of the mosque's mosaic, interior decoration, clock and colonnade and broader discussions of the ambiguous meaning of the mosque's decorations, the topography of early medieval cities and the visual culture of Muslim architecture.