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'Abd al-Malik. This book provides a detailed study of this Mosque. Using textual, visual, and archaeological evidence, the author attempts to reconstruct some of the basic formal and decorative features of the Umayyad mosque, to locate it within its broader urban context, and to consider its role within al-Wal?d's unprecedented programme of architectural patronage. The work explores the intracultural and intercultural functions of religious architecture within an official visual discourse intended to project a distinctive Muslim identity in a manner determined by Umayyad political aspirations. 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dir=ltr>the karma and </span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>57</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>The B膩b Jayrun clock and the migration of the Bab </span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>114</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Topography and intertextuality in Umayyad Damascus </span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>139</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Damascus and the makings of an Umayyad visual </span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>184</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr></table></div></div><div class="second_toc_column"><div class="second_toc_pad"><table><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Epilogue </span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>237</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>The lost inscriptions of the Umayyad Mosque </span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>247</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><a class="primary" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&pg=PA255&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=2" ><span title="Bibliography " style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Bibliography </span></span></a></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>255</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td 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href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Ab%C5%AB&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>Ab奴</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=al-Muqaddas%C4%AB&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>al-Muqaddas墨</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=al-Walid&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>al-Walid</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=al-Wal%C4%ABd%27s&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>al-Wal墨d's</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=al-Wal%C4%ABd%27s+mosque&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud4"><span dir=ltr>al-Wal墨d's mosque</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=appear&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>appear</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Arabic&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>Arabic</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=architectural&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud1"><span dir=ltr>architectural</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=association&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>association</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Bab+al-Sa%27a&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>Bab al-Sa'a</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Bab+al-Ziy%C4%81da&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud5"><span dir=ltr>Bab al-Ziy膩da</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=B%C4%81b+Jayrun&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>B膩b Jayrun</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Berchem&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud4"><span dir=ltr>Berchem</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Byzantine+emperor&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud4"><span dir=ltr>Byzantine emperor</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Christian&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>Christian</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=church&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud4"><span dir=ltr>church</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=clock&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>clock</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=colonnade&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>colonnade</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Constantinopole&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud4"><span dir=ltr>Constantinopole</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Constantinopolitan&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>Constantinopolitan</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=construction&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>construction</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=contemporary&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>contemporary</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=context&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>context</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Creswell&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud2"><span dir=ltr>Creswell</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=cultural&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>cultural</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Damas&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>Damas</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Damascus+mosaics&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>Damascus mosaics</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Damascus+mosque&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>Damascus mosque</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=decoration&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud2"><span dir=ltr>decoration</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=depicted&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>depicted</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=descriptions&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>descriptions</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Dome&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud2"><span dir=ltr>Dome</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=early+eighth+century&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>early eighth century</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=early+Islamic&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>early Islamic</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=eastern&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>eastern</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Eliss%C3%A9eff+1959&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>Eliss茅eff 1959</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=entrance&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud5"><span dir=ltr>entrance</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=epigraphic&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>epigraphic</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=fa%C3%A7ade&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>fa莽ade</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=gate&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>gate</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=golden+vine&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud4"><span dir=ltr>golden vine</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Grabar&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud4"><span dir=ltr>Grabar</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Hagia+Sophia&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud0"><span dir=ltr>Hagia Sophia</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=hanging&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>hanging</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Horologion&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud2"><span dir=ltr>Horologion</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Ibid&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>Ibid</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Ibn+Asakir&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud4"><span dir=ltr>Ibn Asakir</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Ibn+As%C4%81kir+1954&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud5"><span dir=ltr>Ibn As膩kir 1954</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Ibn+Jubayr&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>Ibn Jubayr</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=iconography&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud4"><span dir=ltr>iconography</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=imperial&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>imperial</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=inscription&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>inscription</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=interior&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>interior</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Jerusalem&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud4"><span dir=ltr>Jerusalem</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Jewish&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>Jewish</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=karma&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>karma</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Kha%E1%B8%8Dr%C4%81&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>Kha岣峳膩</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=lamp&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>lamp</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Mad%C4%ABna&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud2"><span dir=ltr>Mad墨na</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Mamluk&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud4"><span dir=ltr>Mamluk</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Mango&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>Mango</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=maq%E1%B9%A3%C5%ABra&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>maq峁E玶a</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=marble+panelling&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>marble panelling</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Mas%C5%ABd%C4%AB&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>Mas奴d墨</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=medieval&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud4"><span dir=ltr>medieval</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=mihrab&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud0"><span dir=ltr>mihrab</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=monumental&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud4"><span dir=ltr>monumental</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=mosaics&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud4"><span dir=ltr>mosaics</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Mosque+of+Damascus&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud2"><span dir=ltr>Mosque of Damascus</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=motif&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud4"><span dir=ltr>motif</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Mu%27awiya&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>Mu'awiya</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Muslim&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud2"><span dir=ltr>Muslim</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=palace&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud1"><span dir=ltr>palace</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Paradise&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud5"><span dir=ltr>Paradise</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=patronage&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>patronage</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=pearl&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud2"><span dir=ltr>pearl</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=prayer-hall&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>prayer-hall</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=pre-Islamic&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud5"><span dir=ltr>pre-Islamic</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=qibla+wall&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud2"><span dir=ltr>qibla wall</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Quatrem%C3%A8re+1845&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>Quatrem猫re 1845</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=qulayla&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>qulayla</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Qur%27an&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud2"><span dir=ltr>Qur'an</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Qur%27%C4%81nic&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>Qur'膩nic</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=reference&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>reference</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=religious&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>religious</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Rock&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>Rock</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=r5f8kxIyykQC&q=Rosen-Ayalon&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" 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He has published numerous articles on early Buddhist and Islamic art.</div></div></div></div><div class=vertical_module_list_row><h3 class="about_title">Bibliographic information</h3><div class="about_content" id="metadata_content" style="padding-bottom:.3em"><div class="metadata_sectionwrap"><table id="metadata_content_table"><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label">Title</td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>The Great Mosque of Damascus: Studies on the Makings of an Ummayyad Visual Culture</span><br><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=bibliogroup:%22Islamic+history+and+civilization%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=7"><i><span dir=ltr>Volume 33 of Islamic history and civilization</span></i></a><br><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=bibliogroup:%22Islamic+history+and+civilization.+v.+33:+Studies+and+texts%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=7"><i><span dir=ltr>Volume 33 of Islamic history and 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