{[Islamic Art –] Visual Arts [continued –] The Tree of Wisdom}[21st April 1991]

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‘[***Khirbat al-Mafjar]**** is remarkable above all for the splendid floor mosaics, especially one depicting two deer feeding upon a great fruiting tree while a lion has pounced upon another deer# on the opposite side. According to Ettinghausen, this may symbolize the Tree of Wisdom under which the Peace of Islam is contrasted with the rule of force outside.’

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*[An illustration from ibid [Encyclopaedia of Visual Arts 3]: 428 reproduced here in the ms but not reproduced in the ts is captioned: ‘The “Tree of Wisdom” mosaic in the unfinished palace of Khirbat al-Mafjar, near Jericho; c[irca]730[ce]’.]

**cf VIII: [[Redbook8:268][19910219:1155f]{Christians and Pagans [continued (3)]}[19th February 1991],] 268

***[The unfinished palace of]

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#[cf [Redbook9:155-156][19910421:1410l]{[Islamic Art –] Visual Arts [continued –] Periods of Islamic Art [continued (3) – ]{Leo....}}[21st April 1991]]

#* – ibid [Encyclopaedia of Visual Arts 3]: 428

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