The Resource The Umayyad mosque of Damascus : art, faith and empire in early Islam, Alain George
The Umayyad mosque of Damascus : art, faith and empire in early Islam, Alain George
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- Summary
- The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus is one of the oldest continuously used religious sites in the world. The mosque we see today was built in 705 CE by the Umayyad caliph al-Walid on top of a fourth-century Christian church that had been erected over a temple of Jupiter. Incredibly, despite the recent war, the mosque has remained almost unscathed, but over the centuries has been continuously rebuilt after damage from earthquakes and fires. In this comprehensive biography of the Umayyad Mosque, Alain George explores a wide range of sources to excavate the dense layers of the mosque?s history, also uncovering what the structure looked like when it was first built with its impressive marble and mosaic-clad walls. George incorporates a range of sources, including new information he found in three previously untranslated poems written at the time the mosque was built, as well as in descriptions left by medieval scholars. He also looks carefully at the many photographs and paintings made by nineteenth-century European travelers, particularly those who recorded the building before the catastrophic fire of 1893
- Language
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- eng
- ara
- ara
- eng
- Extent
- 261 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: A day in the life of Damascus
- Palimpsests in stone and layered texts: the multiple histories of the Umayyad Mosque
- Tangled memories: the temple, church, and first mosque
- The politics of buildings: the destruction of the Church and construction of the mosque
- Silenced and imagined pasts: the church in the fabric of the Umayyad Mosque
- A vast expanse of splendour: towards a reconstruction of the Umayyad Mosque
- 'Jewelled embellishments dazzle': the mosque and Umayyad aesthetics
- Appendix1: Three Umayyad poems about the Mosque of Damascus and the destruction of the church
- Appendix 2: The description of the Great Mosque of Damascus by al-Muqaddasi ̄in the tenth century
- Isbn
- 9781909942455
- Label
- The Umayyad mosque of Damascus : art, faith and empire in early Islam
- Title
- The Umayyad mosque of Damascus
- Title remainder
- art, faith and empire in early Islam
- Statement of responsibility
- Alain George
- Language
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- eng
- ara
- ara
- eng
- Summary
- The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus is one of the oldest continuously used religious sites in the world. The mosque we see today was built in 705 CE by the Umayyad caliph al-Walid on top of a fourth-century Christian church that had been erected over a temple of Jupiter. Incredibly, despite the recent war, the mosque has remained almost unscathed, but over the centuries has been continuously rebuilt after damage from earthquakes and fires. In this comprehensive biography of the Umayyad Mosque, Alain George explores a wide range of sources to excavate the dense layers of the mosque?s history, also uncovering what the structure looked like when it was first built with its impressive marble and mosaic-clad walls. George incorporates a range of sources, including new information he found in three previously untranslated poems written at the time the mosque was built, as well as in descriptions left by medieval scholars. He also looks carefully at the many photographs and paintings made by nineteenth-century European travelers, particularly those who recorded the building before the catastrophic fire of 1893
- Cataloging source
- UKMGB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1979-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- George, Alain
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plans
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- Appendices in Arabic with English translation
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Gingko Library Art Series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Jāmiʻ al-Umawī al-Kabīr (Damascus, Syria)
- Umayyad dynasty
- Mosques
- Umayyad dynasty
- Mosques
- Syria
- Label
- The Umayyad mosque of Damascus : art, faith and empire in early Islam, Alain George
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-256) and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- Contents
- Introduction: A day in the life of Damascus -- Palimpsests in stone and layered texts: the multiple histories of the Umayyad Mosque -- Tangled memories: the temple, church, and first mosque -- The politics of buildings: the destruction of the Church and construction of the mosque -- Silenced and imagined pasts: the church in the fabric of the Umayyad Mosque -- A vast expanse of splendour: towards a reconstruction of the Umayyad Mosque -- 'Jewelled embellishments dazzle': the mosque and Umayyad aesthetics -- Appendix1: Three Umayyad poems about the Mosque of Damascus and the destruction of the church -- Appendix 2: The description of the Great Mosque of Damascus by al-Muqaddasi ̄in the tenth century
- Control code
- 1247942552
- Dimensions
- 30 cm
- Extent
- 261 pages
- Isbn
- 9781909942455
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), plans
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1247942552
- Label
- The Umayyad mosque of Damascus : art, faith and empire in early Islam, Alain George
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-256) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: A day in the life of Damascus -- Palimpsests in stone and layered texts: the multiple histories of the Umayyad Mosque -- Tangled memories: the temple, church, and first mosque -- The politics of buildings: the destruction of the Church and construction of the mosque -- Silenced and imagined pasts: the church in the fabric of the Umayyad Mosque -- A vast expanse of splendour: towards a reconstruction of the Umayyad Mosque -- 'Jewelled embellishments dazzle': the mosque and Umayyad aesthetics -- Appendix1: Three Umayyad poems about the Mosque of Damascus and the destruction of the church -- Appendix 2: The description of the Great Mosque of Damascus by al-Muqaddasi ̄in the tenth century
- Control code
- 1247942552
- Dimensions
- 30 cm
- Extent
- 261 pages
- Isbn
- 9781909942455
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), plans
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1247942552
Subject
- Mosques -- Syria | Damascus
- Syria -- Damascus
- Umayyad dynasty
- Umayyad dynasty
- Umayyad dynasty
- Umayyad dynasty
- Jāmiʻ al-Umawī al-Kabīr (Damascus, Syria)
- Jāmiʻ al-Umawī al-Kabīr (Damascus, Syria)
- Jāmiʻ al-Umawī al-Kabīr (Damascus, Syria)
- Mosques
- Mosques -- Syria | Damascus
- Mosques -- Syria | Damascus
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