Exploring the Holy Land - 150 Years of the Palestine Exploration Fund - David Gurevich
4. Reconstruction of a Crusader Opus Sectile Floor in the Dome of the Rock Based on Picturesque Palestine Illustrations and Finds from the Temple Mount Sifting Project
Exploring the Holy Land - 150 Years of the Palestine Exploration Fund - David Gurevich
Frankie Snyder [+]
Independent Scholar
Frankie Snyder is a mathematician and Opus Sectile specialist.
Gabriel Barkay [+]
Bar-Ilan University and Israel Archaeology Foundation
Gabriel Barkay is Co-Director of the Temple Mount Sifting Project, Bar-Ilan University and Israel Archaeology Foundation.
Zachi Dvira [+]
Bar-Ilan University and Israel Archaeology Foundation
Zachi Dvira is Co-Director of the Temple mount Sifting Project, Bar-Ilan University and Israel Archaeology Foundation.
Description
The late 19th-century illustrations in: Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt edited by Sir Charles W. Wilson provides information pertinent to archaeological research even today. A detailed engraving depicting the interior of the Dome of the Rock initiated an investigation by researchers from the Temple Mount Sifting Project to trace the origins of an opus sectile floor, usually hidden under carpeting, back to the Crusader Period by comparing its intricate design to a similar Crusader-era floor in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.