Mosaics as history the Near East from late antiquity to Islam
"G.W Bowersock considers these mosaics a critical part of the documentation of the region's ancient culture, as expressive as texts, inscriptions on stone, and architectural remains. In their complex language, often marred by time, neglect, and deliberate defacement, he finds historical ev...
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Cambridge, Mass.
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
2006.
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