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Sculpted decoration on one of the domes inside the Double Gate, possibly Umayyad

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Description: Sculpted decoration on one of the domes inside the Double Gate, possibly Umayyad

TitleSculpted decoration on one of the domes inside the Double Gate, possibly Umayyad

Creator name (description)after de Vogüé

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Object typePrint

SubjectsJerusalem--Buildings, structures, etc. Islamic decoration and ornamentArchitecture, UmayyadTemple Mount (Jerusalem)

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Chapter 3. The Haram and Its Buildings

Description: The Shape of the Holy: Early Islamic Jerusalem

The Shape of the Holy: Early Islamic Jerusalem

The largest building on the Haram is the mosque abutting the enclosure’s southern edge, commonly known as the “Aqsa Mosque” (figs. 60–61). It is, in its contemporary shape, unusual in composition and structure....

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PublisherPrinceton University Press

Copyright© 1996 by Princeton University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.117-134

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-100042&redirecttoanchor=200435

Chapter subject tags:Islamic architecture--Middle EastJerusalem--HistoryMasjid al-Aqṣá (Jerusalem)Architecture, UmayyadQubbat al-Ṣakhrah (Mosque : Jerusalem)Temple Mount (Jerusalem)Jerusalem--In IslamDome of the Chain (Jerusalem)

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