Browse Items (29 total)
- Collection: Sacred
The Foundation Stone
The Foundation Stone, Wikimedia Commons, c. 1900-1920
A photograph of the Foundation Stone, located at the center of the Dome of the Rock. Islamic tradition from the Hadith maintains that Muhammad…
Tags: Dome of the Rock, Islam, Jerusalem, Night Journey, Temple Mount, Umayyad
Staircase Martyrium in Caelian Hill House
Staircase Martyrium in Caelian Hill House
Oleg Grabar, Early Islamic Art, 650-1100
Oleg Grabar, Early Islamic Art, 650-1100
Pamela Berger, The Crescent on the Temple: The Dome of the Rock as Image of the Ancient Jewish Sanctuary
Pamela Berger, The Crescent on the Temple: The Dome of the Rock as Image of the Ancient Jewish Sanctuary
Sacred (Further Reading, Leone)
Sacred (Further Reading, Leone)
Sacred (Further Reading, Dignas and Smith)
Sacred (Further Reading, Dignas and Smith)
Sacred (Further Reading)
Sacred (Further Reading)
Wikimedia Commons, Hagia Eirene, Constantinople
Wikimedia Commons, Hagia Eirene, Constantinople
Commissioned in 360 by Constantine, the Hagia Eirene could be said to physically represent the Christian side of his policy of toleration alongside…
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Christianity, Cities, Constantinople, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Hagia Eirene, Istanbul, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Religion, roman empire, Turkey, Urbanism
Simon Mannweiler, The Dome of the Rock
Simon Mannweiler, The Dome of the Rock, Wikimedia Commons, 11 December 2007
Exterior shot of the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel.
Tags: Islam, Jerusalem, Temple Mount, Umayyad
