Dome of the Chain / Qubbat al-Silsila
| Name of structure: | Dome of the Chain / Qubbat al-Silsila |
| Extended name of structure: | In the Haram al-Sharif |
| Type of structure: | Cupola |
| Country or main area: | Israel |
| Region within country or main area: | |
| City or area within region: | Jerusalem |
| Date of structure: | 691, restored 13th century |
| Century of structure 1: | 7 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 13 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Embrasures of the windows and the mihrab. |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Fragments revealed during restorations in 1970s and 1980s. |
| Date of mosaic: | 1257-77 (Al-Malik al-Zahir Baybars) |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 13 AD |
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| Silver tessera at site: | |
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| Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | |
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| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | 1970s and 1980s |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Kenney, Ellen, ‘Mixed Metaphors: Iconography and Medium in Mamluk Glass Mosaic Decoration’, Artibus Asiae, 66.2 (2006), 175-200, pp. 177-8 |
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