Double Gate, 661-750 CE

by | Nov 26, 2008 | Bible and Beyond, Early Arab Period

Double Gate, 661-750 CE   Hulda Gate: Double Gate Drawing The Double Gate is one of the gates leading to the Temple Mount. The Double Gate and the Triple Gate are both part of the Huldah Gate in the Southern Wall of the Temple Mount. They were built in the...
Dome of the Rock, 688

Dome of the Rock, 688

by | Nov 26, 2008 | Early Arab Period

Dome of the Rock, 688   Dome of the Rock Dome of the Rock and the Western Wall. Photo by Ardon Bar Hama. Epigraphy from the Inner Octagonal Arcade of the Dome of the Rock, the oldest known Islamic inscription on the oldest Islamic building; it is located on the...

Golden Haggadah, c. 1320

by | Nov 4, 2008 | Early Arab Period

Golden Haggadah, c. 1320   Golden Haggadah Golden Haggadah. Biblical scenes based on Genesis, 19-37. Northern Spain, probably Barcelona, c.1320 Anticlockwise from top right- Adam naming the animals, the Creation of Adam and Eve, the Temptation, Cain and Abel...

Torah Codex, 9th century CE

by | Nov 4, 2008 | Early Arab Period, Roman Period I

Torah Codex, 9th century CE   Torah Codex An Early Codex of the Torah, Palestine or Middle East, probably ninth century. Exodus 20 This thousand-year-old document is one of the oldest surviving examples of a Hebrew Bible codex – a manuscript written in book...

First Printed Mishnah, 1492

by | Nov 3, 2008 | Early Arab Period

First Printed Mishnah, 1492   First Printed Mishnah Mishnah, Naples, Italy, 1492. Kilayim This page is from the tractate Kilayim (which translates as ‘of two kinds’) which deals with the laws regarding forbidden mixtures of species in agriculture,...