The Travels of Ibn Jubayr
| Name of text: | The Travels of Ibn Jubayr |
| Author of text: | Ibn Jubayr |
| Date of text: | July-August 1184 |
| Date of person in text: | 1145-1217 |
| Name of structure in text: | Mosque at Bayt Lahiyah, near Damascus |
| Type of structure in text: | Mosque but originally a church |
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| Country in text: | Syria |
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| City in text: | Damascus |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: | Ceiling |
| Description of mosaic in text: | Its ceiling is overlaid throughout with mosaics of coloured marble, with devices and rare designs making him who looks upon it conceive it to be a carpet of the most perfect embellishment. |
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| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | No |
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| Bibliography: | The Travels of Ibn Jubayr, ed. and trans. by Roland Broadhurst (London: Goodword Books, 1952, repr. 2011), p. 288 |
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| Comments: | Jubayr notes that the building was once a church |