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| Keywords: Amra5.jpg es Drawing of six kings Fresco 705 “15 West wall hall Qusayr ˜Amra Jordan Reproduced from Alois Musil Kusejr ˜Amra und Schlösser östlich von Moab Vol 2 pl XXVI Vienna 1907 A particularly dramatic scene depicts six kings in elaborate headgear four of which feature bilingual inscriptions in Arabic and Greek listing Kaisar or Byzantine emperor caesar the Sasanian shah Kisra Khusro Negus or King of Ethiopia and Roderick the Visigothic king It has been posited that the two kings that are not identified in the inscription were the ruler of China and a Turkic leader All six figures gesture in supplication toward the spot in the hall where the caliph would presumably have been seated The intricate arrangement of this and other scenes hint at narrative suggesting now-lost associations drawn from epic poetry or song 2012-04-12 12 10 10 http //www metmuseum org/exhibitions/listings/2012/byzantium-and-islam/blog/where-in-the-world/posts/qusayr-amra Anónimo omeya del siglo VIII PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard Quseir Amra frescos Rodrigo | ||||
