Kitab akhbar Makka, Book of Reports about Mecca
| Name of text: | Kitab akhbar Makka, Book of Reports about Mecca |
| Author of text: | Al-Azraqi |
| Date of text: | 9th century, before 865 |
| Date of person in text: | 9th century |
| Name of structure in text: | Al Qalis Church in Sanaa built by Abraha |
| Type of structure in text: | church |
| Date of structure in text | sixth century |
| Century of structure 1: | 6 AD |
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| Country in text: | Yemen |
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| City in text: | Sanaa |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: | |
| Description of mosaic in text: | Crosses decorated with mosaics, gold stars |
| Mosaic date in text: | 6 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | Unknown |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | Unknown |
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| Bibliography: | Al-Azraqi, Kitab akhbar Makka, Book of Reports about Mecca, ed. by Ferdinand Wustenfeld, Die Chroniken der Stadt Mekka, Bd. 1 (Leipzig: Brockhaus, 1858), pp. 88-91. King, G. R. D., ‘Some Christian Wall-Mosaics in Pre-Islamic Arabia, Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 10 (1980), 37-43 |
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| Comments: | Abraha was a legendary Christian, probably 6th century Ethopian king. |