Islamic Architecture: Form, function and meaning
| Name of text: | Islamic Architecture: Form, function and meaning |
| Author of text: | Robert Hillenbrand |
| Date of text: | 1994 |
| Date of person in text: | |
| Name of structure in text: | Chamber of the Caliphs/Golden Reception Hall |
| Type of structure in text: | Palace |
| Date of structure in text | Founded in 936 |
| Century of structure 1: | 10 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | |
| Country in text: | Spain |
| Region in text: | |
| City in text: | Cordoba |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: | Ceiling |
| Description of mosaic in text: | Dar al-khulafa (Chamber of the Caliphs)/majlis al-dhahabi (Golden Reception Hall) – ceiling’s central dome had silver and gold mosaics. |
| Mosaic date in text: | 10 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | Yes |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | Yes |
| Colour descriptions in text: | |
| Bibliography: | Hillenbrand, Robert, Islamic Architecture: Form, function and meaning (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1994), p. 443 |
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| Comments: | Sacked in 1010. |