Al-Aqsa
| Name of structure: | Al-Aqsa |
| Extended name of structure: | |
| Type of structure: | Mosque |
| Country or main area: | Israel |
| Region within country or main area: | |
| City or area within region: | Jerusalem |
| Date of structure: | First construction: Umayyad period: 661–750 (711?), last main construction period: 1187-88 |
| Century of structure 1: | 7 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 12 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Arches of the dome; walls of dome; drum; pendentives, mihrab and niche of mihrab. |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Flora, fauna, geometrical patterns. |
| Date of mosaic: | 1035 |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 11 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 11 AD |
| Silver tessera at site: | Unknown |
| Gold tessera at site: | Yes |
| Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
| Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | Unknown |
| Has analysis been done? | Unknown |
| Samples taken from where? | n/a |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | 1983: completion of restoration of dome painting, team led by Isam Awwad, Jerusalem, and ICCROM, Rome |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Rosen-Ayalon, M., 'Art and architecture in Ayyubid Jerusalem', IEJ 40 (1990), 305-14. H. Stern, 'Recherches sur la Mosquée al-Aqsa et ses mosaiques', Ars Orientalis 5 (1963), 27-47. |
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