History of Damascus
| Name of text: | History of Damascus |
| Author of text: | Ibn-Asakir |
| Date of text: | 12th century |
| Date of person in text: | 1105-1175 |
| Name of structure in text: | Umayyad Mosque/Great Mosque of Damascus |
| Type of structure in text: | mosque |
| Date of structure in text | Eighth century |
| Century of structure 1: | 8 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 8 AD |
| Country in text: | Syria |
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| City in text: | Damascus |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: | Four narrow bands along the interior of the south wall, probably below the level of the engaged pilasters in the upper zone of marble panelling. |
| Description of mosaic in text: | Quranic verses. Glass mosaic in golden script on blue background. |
| Mosaic date in text: | 8 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | |
| Colour descriptions in text: | blue |
| Bibliography: | Ibn-Asakir, History of Damascus, ed, and trans. by Finbarr Barry Flood, The Great Mosque of Damascus: Studies on the Makings of an Umayyad Visual Culture (Leiden: Brill, 2001), pp. 247-254 |
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| Comments: | Information attributed to Abu Yusuf Yaqub, b. Sufyan al-Hafiz (d. 890-91). |