FREE London Lecture: The Ka’ba of Mecca as Axis and Matrix Mundi

The Ka’ba of Mecca as axis and matrix mundi, Dr Simon O’Meara (SOAS)

Mappa mundi with the ‘Dome of the earth’ (Qubbat al-arḍ) at the centre, the Kaʿba next to it, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria at the perimeter. From an unidentified late medieval or pre-modern Persianate manuscript. Gouache and ink on paper.