Perspectives on Early Islamic Art in Jerusalem

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Perspectives on Early Islamic Art in Jerusalem is written by Lawrence Nees and published by BRILL. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9004302077 (ISBN 10) and 9789004302075 (ISBN 13).

Through its material remains, Perspectives on Early Islamic Art in Jerusalem analyzes several overlooked aspects of the earliest decades of Islamic presence in Jerusalem, during the seventh century CE. Focusing on the Haram al-Sharif, also known as the Temple Mount, Lawrence Nees provides the first sustained study of the Dome of the Chain, a remarkable eleven-sided building standing beside the slightly later Dome of the Rock, and the first study of the meaning of the columns and column capitals with figures of eagles in the Dome of the Rock. He also provides a new interpretation of the earliest mosque in Jerusalem, the Haram as a whole, with the sacred Rock at its center.