Perspectives on early Islamic art in Jerusalem / / by Lawrence Nees.

• Superior document: Arts and Archaeology of the Islamic World, Volume 5
• VerfasserIn: Nees, Lawrence,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Arts and archaeology of the Islamic world ; Volume 5.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (260 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Through its material remains, Perspectives on Early Islamic Art in Jerusalem analyzes several overlooked aspects of the earliest decades of Islamic presence in Jerusalem, during the seventh century CE. Focusing on the Haram al-Sharif , also known as the Temple Mount, Lawrence Nees provides the first sustained study of the Dome of the Chain, a remarkable eleven-sided building standing beside the slightly later Dome of the Rock, and the first study of the meaning of the columns and column capitals with figures of eagles in the Dome of the Rock. He also provides a new interpretation of the earliest mosque in Jerusalem, the Haram as a whole, with the sacred Rock at its center.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- The Earliest Mosque in Jerusalem -- The Problem of “Arculf” and the Earliest Mosque in Jerusalem -- The Dome of the Chain: An Essay in Interpretation -- The Columns and Eagle Capitals in the Dome of the Rock -- Conclusion: Crossing Borders -- Bibliography -- Index -- Figures.