Ibrahimi Mosque
| Name of structure: | Ibrahimi Mosque |
| Extended name of structure: | Also known as The Cave of the Patriarchs, the Cave of Machpelah, the Sanctuary of Abraham |
| Type of structure: | mosque |
| Country or main area: | Israel |
| Region within country or main area: | West Bank |
| City or area within region: | Hebron |
| Date of structure: | Mihrab in the Haram restored in 1331-32 under the orders of Sayf al-Din tankiz al-Husami |
| Century of structure 1: | 14 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Mihrab in the Haram - glass mosaic decoration in the conch |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Mother-of pearl (MOP) rosettes alternate with fleur-de-lis designs of red and green. Diaper pattern of white tesserae outlined in black on a gold ground which merges in the middle into a central guilloche frame of green cubes and MOP, central stellar motif of inlaid MOP. The whole surrounded by narrow bands, wide gold ground borders with rosettes of green, white, black, a diamond border. A band of geometric stellar interlace at summit. |
| Date of mosaic: | 1331-32 |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 14 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | |
| Silver tessera at site: | No |
| Gold tessera at site: | Yes |
| Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
| Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | |
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| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Williams, Caroline, ‘The Mosque of Sitt Hadaq’, Muqarnas, 11 (1994), 55-64, see p. 62 Kenney, Ellen, ‘Mixed Metaphors: Iconography and Medium in Mamluk Glass Mosaic Decoration’, Artibus Asiae, 66.2 (2006), 175-200, p. 184 |
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