Al-Mutawakkil Mosque

Name of structure: Al-Mutawakkil Mosque
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: mosque
Country or main area: Iraq
Region within country or main area:
City or area within region: Samarra
Date of structure: Ninth century
Century of structure 1: 9 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: mihrab
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Small fragments of glass mosaic.
Date of mosaic: Ninth century?
Century of mosaic 1:
Century of mosaic 2:
Silver tessera at site:
Gold tessera at site:
Colour tessera at site:
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?

The excavations of the Iraq Directorate of Antiquities in the 1960s discovered in situ fragments of panels of dark blue glass, which lined the walls.
Has analysis been done?
Samples taken from where?
Excavation and restoration campaigns:

1911-13: expedition of Herzfeld and Sarre
The Iraq Directorate of Antiquities began excavations in 1936, and in 1981-3 a large project was undertaken, called the "Project for developing the two archaeological cities of Samarra and Mutawakkiliyya", and work continues at a slower pace today.
1983: ground survey necessary for the air photography
1984: the photographs were plotted into a plan at 1: 4000 of the areas of ruins at UniversityCollege, London. The work in the field was supported by the BritishAcademy, the BritishSchool of Archaeology in Iraq, and a number of other institutions.
1986-7: second survey season
1989: a scheme was begun to recover a limited sample of the archaeological detail by excavation.
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

George, Alain, ‘Calligraphy, Colour and Light in the Blue Qur’an’, Journal of Qur’anic Studies, 11.1 (2009), see. p. 101
URLs:

http://www.dur.ac.uk/derek.kennet/mosque.htm
Comments:
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