The Prophet and the kings: the six sovereigns of Quṣayr ‘Amra in the light of the new restoration
Since its discovery by Alois Musil in 1898, the extraordinary wall-painting at Quúayr ‘Amra that features six rulers, three of whom labelled in Greek and Ara-bic as «Caesar», «Chosroes» and «Negus» respectively, has stimulated imagina-tion and critical insight of generations of scholars. Damaged soo...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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Orientalia christiana periodica
Year: 2020, Volume: 86, Issue: 2, Pages: 437-448 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Qusayr 'Amra
/ Painting
/ Interpretation
B Muḥammad 570-632 / Islam / History 600-700 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AA Study of religion BJ Islam KBL Near East and North Africa |
| Summary: | Since its discovery by Alois Musil in 1898, the extraordinary wall-painting at Quúayr ‘Amra that features six rulers, three of whom labelled in Greek and Ara-bic as «Caesar», «Chosroes» and «Negus» respectively, has stimulated imagina-tion and critical insight of generations of scholars. Damaged soon after discovery, and poorly preserved in spite of two subsequent restorations, this painting has hitherto remained enigmatic. In this paper, in light of the important results of the new restoration of the painting, I would like to offer new and important elements supporting my interpretation of the meaning of the scene, which, in my opinion, represents a celebrated event of early Islamic history (canonized by Ibn Iṣâq in his biography of Muḥammad): namely the embassies sent by Muḥammad to the six «kings of the earth» — including the Ghassânid phylarch and the lord of the Yamâma — in the year 6 H(= AD 628) |
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| Item Description: | Die Illustrationen sind im Anschluss an den Text, zwischen S. 448 u. 449 |
| ISSN: | 0030-5375 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Orientalia christiana periodica
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