Byzantine mosaicists were commissioned to decorate the Great Mosque of Damascus http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2012/byzantium-and-islam/blog/where-in-the-world/posts/damascus …pic.twitter.com/2LPX6yx64F
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As @19Averil observed, they didn't have to travel, as they were already living and working in lands that were/recently were Byz.
In ref to Damascus? Yes agreed, tho' interesting nonetheless :) On Ctesiphon+Sana'a, Ennius's tweet simply brought these distant ex to mind.
Is there evidence of the movement of this type of skilled labour rather than just drawing on the available local skills market?
Some discussion of various possible ex here, fwiw :) http://www.jstor.org/stable/41222963 &https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=M-SrAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA376&lpg=PA376#v=onepage&q&f=false …
Thanks for fascinating tweets. :)
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