Dome of the Rock and its Umayyad Mosaic Inscriptions

Marcus Milwright is British Academy Global Professor at the University of York, UK, and professor of Islamic Art and Archaeology at the University of Victoria, Canada. His research focuses on traditional craft practices, cross-cultural interactions in the Medieval Mediterranean, and the history of medicine. He is the author of A Story of Islamic Art (Routledge, 2023), The Queen of Sheba’s Gift: A History of True Balsam of Matarea (Edinburgh University Press, 2021), Islamic Arts and Crafts: An Anthology (Edinburgh University Press, 2017), and The Dome of the Rock and its Umayyad Mosaic Inscriptions (Edinburgh University Press, 2016).

• Acknowledgements; Notes for the Reader; Figure Captions; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Setting of the Dome of the Rock; Chapter 2. Initial Description of the Mosaic Inscriptions; Chapter 3. Mosaic Scripts in Late Antiquity; Chapter 4. Visual Sources for the Mosaic Script of the Dome of the Rock; Chapter 5. Focus on Details; Chapter 6. Proposing a Sequence; Chapter 7. Symbolic Dimensions of Inscriptions in Late Antiquity and Early Islam; Chapter 8. The Inscriptions of the Dome of the Rock in their Historical Context; Conclusion; Bibliography.

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