Dome of the Rock
Oldest major Islamic monument: an octagon with a golden dome and a 240 m inscription
- Style
- Early Islamic art (Umayyad and Abbasid) — Inscriptions, ornament and arches instead of images: a space of prayer with no depiction of God
- Century
- 7th century
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Made around the same time (±30 years)
- c. 675–683 Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque · Classic Maya art · Palenque, Mexico
- 706–715 Umayyad Mosque · Early Islamic art (Umayyad and Abbasid) · Damascus
- c. 715 Lindisfarne Gospels — Eadfrith of Lindisfarne · Insular art (Ireland and Britain) · Lindisfarne, Northumbria
- c. 680 Book of Durrow · Insular art (Ireland and Britain) · Probably Durrow, Ireland