As part of their Silsila Spring 2022 series, New York University is hosting our colleague, Dr. Arianna D’ottone Rambach (University of Rome), to deliver her titled lecture: “Block-printed amulets From the Qubbat al-Khazna in Damascus:...
On the north-western side of the courtyard of the Damascus Great Mosque, there is an octagonal building standing on eight pillars, salvaged from the late-antique church of St. John the Baptist. The use of this structure as a treasury for funds (fig...