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Bk. I. Ch. II.
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trave framing, and circular arches above with a frieze decorated
with an inscription above, now partially hidden by later restorations.
The outer wall is also octagonal, with four doorways facing the cardinal
points, and a parapet, the pent roof over both aisles being continuous.
The history of the structure has been carefully worked out by
Professor Lewis, taken from various ancient authors, compiled in part by
Messrs. Besant and Palmer, from which it would seem that Abd-el-
Melik, having first built a small dome known as the Cubbet-es-Sil-
sileh (Dome of the Chain) (a, 'VYoodcut ISTo. 972), for a treasury, was so
pleased with the work that he ordered the great dome over the Sakhra
973. View in Aisle of Dome of Rook. (From a 974. Capital in Dome of Rock.
Drawing by Catherwood.) (From De Vogüé.)
to be built on the same model. The structure thus erected (shown in
black on the plan, Woodcut No. 972), was executed by skilled workmen
from Persia, Byzantium, and India. It was hung rouncl with curtains
of brocade, probably protected by eaves as in the Cubbet-es-Silsileh.
Owing possibly to the inclemency of the weather, the Khalif el-Mamun
(813-33) enclosed the whole with the octagonal wall, and made various
alterations, including the erasure of Abd-el-Melik’s name in the frieze
before alluded to, and the insertion of his own, the date being un-
touched. To this period (9th century) may also be attributed the
mosaic decorations of the drum, though a later date is by some ascribed
to them. The dome was rebuilt by Saladin, 1189, and although
restored, is substantially the same as erected by him. In the 16th
DOME OF ROCK.
521
trave framing, and circular arches above with a frieze decorated
with an inscription above, now partially hidden by later restorations.
The outer wall is also octagonal, with four doorways facing the cardinal
points, and a parapet, the pent roof over both aisles being continuous.
The history of the structure has been carefully worked out by
Professor Lewis, taken from various ancient authors, compiled in part by
Messrs. Besant and Palmer, from which it would seem that Abd-el-
Melik, having first built a small dome known as the Cubbet-es-Sil-
sileh (Dome of the Chain) (a, 'VYoodcut ISTo. 972), for a treasury, was so
pleased with the work that he ordered the great dome over the Sakhra
973. View in Aisle of Dome of Rook. (From a 974. Capital in Dome of Rock.
Drawing by Catherwood.) (From De Vogüé.)
to be built on the same model. The structure thus erected (shown in
black on the plan, Woodcut No. 972), was executed by skilled workmen
from Persia, Byzantium, and India. It was hung rouncl with curtains
of brocade, probably protected by eaves as in the Cubbet-es-Silsileh.
Owing possibly to the inclemency of the weather, the Khalif el-Mamun
(813-33) enclosed the whole with the octagonal wall, and made various
alterations, including the erasure of Abd-el-Melik’s name in the frieze
before alluded to, and the insertion of his own, the date being un-
touched. To this period (9th century) may also be attributed the
mosaic decorations of the drum, though a later date is by some ascribed
to them. The dome was rebuilt by Saladin, 1189, and although
restored, is substantially the same as erected by him. In the 16th