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DTSTART:20151109T173000Z
DTEND:20151109T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20151027T220449Z
URL:https://mizanproject.org/events/marcus-milwright-medium-and-message-de
 coding-the-mosaic-message-in-abd-al-maliks-dome-of-the-rock/
SUMMARY:Marcus Milwright\, "Medium and Message: Decoding the Mosaic Message
  in ‘Abd al-Malik’s Dome of the Rock"
DESCRIPTION:The Program in Scripture and the Arts is proud to present the f
 irst speaker in its 2015-2016 speaker series\, Marcus Milwright\, from the
  University of Victoria Department of Art History and Visual Studies. Prof
 essor Milwright is an authority on the art and architecture of the Islamic
  Middle East\, cross-cultural interaction in the Medieval and early Modern
  Mediterranean\, and craft practices in Late Ottoman Syria. In this lectur
 e\, he will examine the golden mosaic inscriptions on the seventh-century 
 Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. These inscriptions contain professions of f
 aith\, verses drawn from the Qur’an\, and other statements of a religiou
 s nature. Professor Milwright will consider this mosaic writing in the con
 text of late antique craft practices and early Arabic epigraphy in order t
 o suggest new ways of understanding the messages conveyed by the mosaic in
 scriptions and their role in the ideological program of the early Islamic 
 state.\n\nReception with refreshments to follow.
LOCATION:Boston University Photonics Center Colloquium Room\, 8 Saint Mary
 ’s Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02215\, United States
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