The Dome of the Rock and its Umayyad mosaic inscriptions. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Marcus Milwright.
• Authors: Milwright, Marcus
• Contents: The setting of the Dome of the Rock -- Initial description of the mosaic inscriptions -- Mosaic scripts in late antiquity -- Visual sources for the mosaic script of the Dome of the Rock -- Focus on details -- Proposing a sequence -- Symbolic dimensions of inscriptions in late antiquity and early Islam -- The inscriptions of the Dome of the Rock in their historical context.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 298 pages, 2 folded leaves), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 726/.209569442; Islamic inscriptions -- Jerusalem; Islamic mosaics -- Jerusalem; Architecture, Umayyad -- Jerusalem; Art, Umayyad -- Jerusalem; Islamic mosaics; Architecture, Umayyad; Art, Umayyad; Islamic inscriptions; Inschrift; Mosaik; ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Religious; Middle East -- Jerusalem; Felsendom Jerusalem; Jérusalem -- Ḥaram al-Sharīf; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781474460446; 1474460445
• Related ISBNs: 9780748695607; 0748695605
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-287) and indexes.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.