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Identifier: cairojerusalemda01marg (find matches)
Title: Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus:
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Margoliouth, David Samuel, 1858-1940. (from old catalog) Tyrwhitt, Walter Spencer-Stanhope, 1859-1932, (from old catalog) illus
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Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead and company
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ce Mamun issaid to build this Dôme in the year 691 (72 A. H.),nearly a century before his birth. From M. vanBerchems Corpus of Cairene inscriptions we hâvealready examples of this mode of altération, whichreminds us of the treatment by ancient compilers ofthe documents which they embodied in their books,resulting in contradictory statements being left sideby side. M. van Berchem thinks that the bronzeplates above the northern and eastern doors belongto the period of Abd al-Malik, but in thèse cases bothnames and dates hâve been altered, the latter to theyear 216 A. H. (813 A. D.) The quotations of Mr. Lestrange show that theshape and appearance of the Dôme hâve varied veryslightly since its foundation by Abd al-Malik, thoughduring the period that has elapsed it has frequentlysufïered from earthquake, and the épisode of the oc-cupation of Jérusalem by the Franks might hâvebeen expected to leave a permanent mark upon it.The chief efïect of the Frankish possession would (352)
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DOME OF THE ROCK, INTERIOR CAIRO, JERUSALEM, AND DAMASCUS seem to be found in the chipping away of pièces ofthe rock to be taken to Europe as relies; the priestsin charge of the Rock being amply paid for thèsefragments. This abuse is said to hâve led to its beingpaved over as a précaution; Saladin ordered thepavement to be removed, the Moslem theory ofsacred objects being différent from the Christian.The accounts given by différent visitors vary some-what as to the number of columns, but in mostmatters are in striking agreement with the présentcondition of the édifice. Abd al-Malik undoubtedlyemployed Byzantine artists for his building, and tothem is due the extremely rich mosaics which coverthe arcades above the columns, form a wide borderround the dôme and fill the spaces between the Win-dows. The cubes are not only of glass coloured andgilt, but of ebony and mother-of-pearl, which lattermaterial gives a lovely translucent effect in the dimlight beneath the dôme. The desig

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