Burtasiyya Mosque

Name of structure: Burtasiyya Mosque
Extended name of structure: Mosque founded by 'Isa ibn Umar al-Burtasi (665-725)
Type of structure: mosque
Country or main area: Lebanon
Region within country or main area: Northern Lebanon
City or area within region: Tripoli
Date of structure: 1290-1324
Century of structure 1: 13 AD
Century of structure 2: 14 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Mihrab
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Black and green acanthus spray springs from footed goblet and fills gold background.
Date of mosaic: 1290-1324
Century of mosaic 1: 13 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 14 AD
Silver tessera at site: No
Gold tessera at site: Yes
Colour tessera at site: Yes
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
Has analysis been done? Unknown
Samples taken from where?
Excavation and restoration campaigns:
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Williams, Caroline, ‘The Mosque of Sitt Hadaq’, Muqarnas, 11 (1994), 55-64, see p. 61.


Kenney, Ellen, ‘Mixed Metaphors: Iconography and Medium in Mamluk Glass Mosaic Decoration’, Artibus Asiae, 66.2 (2006), 175-200, p. 181

Salam-Leibish, Hayat, The Architecture of the Mamluk City of Tripoli (Cambridge, Mass: 1983), pp. 49-50
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Comments: Design incorporates mother-of-pearl rosettes.

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