Khan Qurdbak, decoration details above a window in the iwan

Khan Qurdbak, decoration details above a window in the iwan

Carved giant footprints at the threshold of the entrance of ʿAyn Dara temple

Carved giant footprints at the threshold of the entrance of ʿAyn Dara temple

Raqqa - the excavations of the site "East of Raqqa" - Eastern Palace - stucco decorations

Raqqa – the excavations of the site “East of Raqqa” – Eastern Palace – stucco decorations

Archaeological finds from Raqqa, exhibited in the Damascus National Museum

Archaeological finds from Raqqa, exhibited in the Damascus National Museum

Waqf of Ibshir Mustafa Pasha, damage mapping (Arabic)

Waqf of Ibshir Mustafa Pasha, damage mapping (Arabic)

The prayer niche and the pulpit in the middle of the south wall in the prayer hall of the Great Umayyad Mosque of Aleppo

The prayer niche and the pulpit in the middle of the south wall in the prayer hall of the Great Umayyad Mosque of Aleppo

Waqf of Ibshir Mustafa Pasha, siteplan of the building parts (Arabic)

Waqf of Ibshir Mustafa Pasha, siteplan of the building parts (Arabic)

Raqqa - Madinat ar-Rafiqa wall - Columns discovered during excavation

Raqqa – Madinat ar-Rafiqa wall – Columns discovered during excavation

Raqqa - the excavations of the site "East of Raqqa" - Eastern Palace, stucco decorations

Raqqa – the excavations of the site “East of Raqqa” – Eastern Palace, stucco decorations

Jamiʿ ash-Shuʿaybiyya, the upper part - a cornice with floral motifs and a Qur'anic text in Kufic script

Jamiʿ ash-Shuʿaybiyya, the upper part – a cornice with floral motifs and a Qur’anic text in Kufic script

Raqqa - "East of Raqqa"- Eastern Palace, stucco

Raqqa – “East of Raqqa”- Eastern Palace, stucco

Monastery of St Simeon, Corinthian capitals decorated with wavy acanthus leaves

Monastery of St Simeon, Corinthian capitals decorated with wavy acanthus leaves

Archaeological finds from Raqqa, exhibited in the Damascus National Museum

Archaeological finds from Raqqa, exhibited in the Damascus National Museum

Camel and its guide on sacrophagus

Camel and its guide on sacrophagus

Archaeological finds from Raqqa, exhibited in the Damascus National Museum

Archaeological finds from Raqqa, exhibited in the Damascus National Museum

Archaeological finds from Raqqa, exhibited in the Damascus National Museum

Archaeological finds from Raqqa, exhibited in the Damascus National Museum

Reconstruction (drawing) of the missing part of the main façade of the fortified tower north of Bab Antakiya, Aleppo, Syria

Fig.41-b_Marking missing stones after partial collapse

Carved and ornamented stone, 1st category remains, from portal of Ujkhan, Aleppo, Syria

Fig.18_1st category, carved and ornamented stone

Carved and ornamented masonry, 1st category remains, in portal of Ujkhan, Aleppo, Syria

Fig.18-b_securing fallen remains

Sculpture on sacrophagus

Sculpture on sacrophagus

Bedtime stories

Raqqa, Palace D, stucco decorations

Raqqa, Palace D, stucco decorations

Raqqa, Palace D, stucco decorations

Raqqa, Palace D, stucco decorations

Ablaq (bicolor) masonry, 2nd category remains, in portal of ʿUlabiyya Khan, Aleppo, Syria

Fig.19_Ablaq masonry, 2nd category

Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi, Decoration

Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi, Decoration

Part of a decorated wooden door with ‘Ajami decoration from the Damascus Room in the Dresden Museum for Ethnology

Part of a decorated wooden door with ‘Ajami decoration from the Damascus Room in the Dresden Museum for Ethnology

‘Ajami decoration

‘Ajami decoration

Modern painted panel with ‘Ajami decoration in Ziad Baydoun´s workshop in Malaysia

Modern painted panel with ‘Ajami decoration in Ziad Baydoun´s workshop in Malaysia

Modern painted panels with ‘Ajami decoration in Ziad Baydoun´s workshop in Malaysia

Modern painted panels with ‘Ajami decoration in Ziad Baydoun´s workshop in Malaysia

Modern painted panels with ‘Ajami decoration in Ziad Baydoun´s workshop in Malaysia

Modern painted panels with ‘Ajami decoration in Ziad Baydoun´s workshop in Malaysia