Dome of the Rock

Jerusalem

Late 7th Century

Central Plan

Commerative

Encloses the Rock in which muhammad asended to heaven

Decorated with tiles with foliate and geometric patterns

No figural decoration

Decorated with inscriptions from the Q'uran

Plan of the Great Mosque

Cordoba, Spain

origional: 786-787

additions: 832-848

Longitudional Basillica plan

congressional

compare with christian church plans

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Arches of the Great Mosque

Cordoba

786-787

Columns: 9'9" high

Quible wall faces Mecca

 Hypostyle hall in 787

reused columns

Mihrab Bay

Cordoba

961-966

Mihrab is in the center of the Quibla wall

Sutton Hoo Purse Cover

East Anglia, England

c. 630

8"long

Anglo-Saxon Style Culture

cloisonne- gems are glass set into compartment of thin metal strips

derrived from ancient near east

Lion Symbol of St. John, from the Book of Durrow

c.650-700

Hiberno-Saxon Style manuscript

animal symbols of four evangalists

Charlemagne's Plalce Chapel

Aachen

792-805

Artist: Odo of Metz