TY - BOOK ID - 133671371 TI - The Mosaics of Khirbet el-Mafjar : Hisham's Palace AU - Ṭāhā, Ḥamdān AU - Whitcomb, Donald S. PY - 2015 SN - 9781614910046 1614910049 PB - Chicago Ramallah Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Palestinian Department of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage DB - UniCat KW - Pavements, Mosaic KW - Islamic mosaics KW - Pavements de mosaïque KW - Mosaïque islamique KW - Hishām ibn ʻAbd al-Malik, KW - Khirbat al Mafjir. KW - West Bank KW - Khirbat al Mafjir KW - Cisjordanie KW - Antiquities. KW - Antiquités KW - Mosaic floors KW - Palaces KW - Antiquities UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:133671371 AB - "This is a presentation of beautiful colored mosaics. They originate from buildings in the oasis of Jericho and all date from the first half of the eighth century, during the time of Umayyad caliphate of the early Islamic period. Many visitors have had the privilege of seeing the mosaics revealed, but no one has experienced the impact of all these pavements since they were first excavated in the 1930s and 1940s. A few have been published, but the presentation in Hamilton and Grabar (1959) is only very fine aquarelle paintings from the originals. In 2010 the Department of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage uncovered, cleaned, and assessed the state of conservation of these mosaics. A series of high-quality digital photographs was prepared by a team from the Department, composed of M. Diab, N. Khatib, Said Ghazal, Rafaat Sharaia, and I. Hamdan, under the direction of Ḥ. Tāhā, from which the present selection is offered for study and appreciation of this triumph in early Islamic art. These images speak for themselves." -- Publisher's description ER -