AN N EA 10W Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Tomb, New Church Of The Theotokos, Hadith
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The significance of the dome of the rock in islam. 3 different ways to determine the significance of the dome of the rock. Dome of the rock is the icon (it is the building that catches the eye) of jerusalem. From the western hill, the dome would stand above the temple mount. The dome of the rock is a little bit higher than mount olives. The dome of the rock is placed upon an octagonal structure: enormous dome, the dimensions are extremely close to the size of the dome in the church of holy sepulcher. Historian procopius: wars of justinian, procopius, on buildings. Chronicles the building projects of justinian in the east, book v contains a description of the nea church of the theotokos in. Justinian set up to built a church that would outdo any church within the entire.
