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Surat Yasin on ceramic tiles
(سورة يس على بلاط خزفي)

Title	Surat Yasin on ceramic tiles
Title Original	سورة يس على بلاط خزفي
Publication Date:	976 / 1560
Publication Place	- Islamic Museum, Al-Haram Al-Sharif
Subject	Clay decorated with colorful decorations, glazed and fired.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	طول البلاطة الواحدة: 25 سم؛ عرض البلاطة الواحدة: 25 سم؛ السمك: 3 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	أ / ق/39
Record ID	object;ISL;pa;Mus01;31;ar
Library Location	Islamic Museum, Al-Haram Al-Sharif
Date	976 / 1560
Notes	The piece is part of a strip of ceramic tiles that used to decorate the top of the outer octagon of the Dome of the Rock. Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (r. 926-973 / 1520-1566) ordered its installation while he was restoring the Dome of the Rock around the year 969 / 1560. The strip is 75 cm high and about 160 m long, and is composed of square-shaped tiles. Its side is 25 cm. The tape is decorated with a long Qur’anic text that includes Surah Yasin (Yasin; No. 26) in its entirety. The text is written in white Ottoman thuluth script on a dark blue background. The verses of the surah are interspersed with floral decorations consisting of intertwined branches in a spiral shape bearing flowers and petals. The tiles are characterized by simplicity and good taste in combining colors and precision of workmanship. It represents the early Ottoman ceramics in the Dome of the Rock, which was used in buildings in general and in the Dome of the Rock in particular. Covering buildings with ceramic tiles formed a distinct identity for the Ottoman contributions to the maintenance and restoration of holy places, not only in Jerusalem, but also in Mecca, Medina, and other places. The Islamic Museum in Jerusalem possesses the inscription tape in all its parts. This tape was removed from its place in 1960 during the restoration work carried out on the dome at that time, and was transferred to the Islamic Museum to be preserved as a witness to the first stage of covering the exterior walls of the Dome of the Rock building with tiles. Ceramic. It is worth noting that the walls of the Dome of the Rock were covered with glazed mosaics until Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent ordered the removal of the mosaics damaged by age-old factors and replacing them with ceramic tiles.
Sample Text	Nazmi Al-Ju'beh "Surat Yasin on ceramic tiles" in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;pa;Mus01;31;ar

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Surat Yasin on ceramic tiles

(سورة يس على بلاط خزفي)

Publication Date 976 / 1560

Publication Place - Islamic Museum, Al-Haram Al-Sharif

Subject Clay decorated with colorful decorations, glazed and fired.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions طول البلاطة الواحدة: 25 سم؛ عرض البلاطة الواحدة: 25 سم؛ السمك: 3 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID أ / ق/39

Record ID object;ISL;pa;Mus01;31;ar

Library Location Islamic Museum, Al-Haram Al-Sharif

Date 976 / 1560

Notes The piece is part of a strip of ceramic tiles that used to decorate the top of the outer octagon of the Dome of the Rock. Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (r. 926-973 / 1520-1566) ordered its installation while he was restoring the Dome of the Rock around the year 969 / 1560. The strip is 75 cm high and about 160 m long, and is composed of square-shaped tiles. Its side is 25 cm. The tape is decorated with a long Qur’anic text that includes Surah Yasin (Yasin; No. 26) in its entirety. The text is written in white Ottoman thuluth script on a dark blue background. The verses of the surah are interspersed with floral decorations consisting of intertwined branches in a spiral shape bearing flowers and petals. The tiles are characterized by simplicity and good taste in combining colors and precision of workmanship. It represents the early Ottoman ceramics in the Dome of the Rock, which was used in buildings in general and in the Dome of the Rock in particular. Covering buildings with ceramic tiles formed a distinct identity for the Ottoman contributions to the maintenance and restoration of holy places, not only in Jerusalem, but also in Mecca, Medina, and other places. The Islamic Museum in Jerusalem possesses the inscription tape in all its parts. This tape was removed from its place in 1960 during the restoration work carried out on the dome at that time, and was transferred to the Islamic Museum to be preserved as a witness to the first stage of covering the exterior walls of the Dome of the Rock building with tiles. Ceramic. It is worth noting that the walls of the Dome of the Rock were covered with glazed mosaics until Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent ordered the removal of the mosaics damaged by age-old factors and replacing them with ceramic tiles.

Sample Text Nazmi Al-Ju'beh "Surat Yasin on ceramic tiles" in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;pa;Mus01;31;ar