The Utopia of Cordoba
If there is a famous story book by its title, Utopia that are Tomas Moro. So popular did the title jumped out of the cover to dictionaries, converted into a noun and an adjective to define universally […]
Books
The first collection of views of the Mosque of Cordoba in the “Travel” Laborde (1812)
El picturesque and historic trip to Spain (1806-1820) graph is a monumental work which includes in its two volumes (with two parts each) total 272 the blades saved, views and plans resulting from the work of a […]
Monogram Pablo de Céspedes
Monogram, once very popular, is coupled with heraldry, sources that calved existing brands today we look up in t. It is a symbol that is usually built with the initials of a name. Monograms had in […]
Al-QANTARA has begun the process of incorporating historical content in electronic
Lovers of culture of al-Andalus and buildings as our Mosque of Cordoba are in luck. Over the coming months, available, Full text and unrestricted access, all the […]
Cordobanes and guadamecíes
The word equivalent cordovan leather worked in Córdoba, and so it was known since the early Middle Ages in Western Europe. The voice Guadamecí, although originally from Ghadames Society, border between Algeria and Libya, It is clearly […]
Kitchen of al-Andalus. Reference Books
The constituent elements of Andalusian cuisine are delimited. Wheat, bread grain, entered into the composition of several dishes. While the working classes were content to various soups and semolina porridge, wheat and pulses and […]
Learn to Islamic designs
Are you a handyman and do not know how the hell did these fabulous and intricate geometric designs?. So if you fancy your own diseñarte prints with geometric designs and borders, this simple and clear guidance offered by the Metropolitan Museum of […]
New Publication on the Mosque
Mosque of Cordoba Mosque of Cordoba = The archaeological study Its in the twentieth century = twentieth-century archaeological explorations Fernández-Puertas, Antonio Index: I. INTRODUCCIÓN.p.15 II. INTERVENTION IN THE CHAPEL OF 'ABD AL-RAHMAN I AND IN THE EXTENSION OF' ABD […]
An instructional guide to the Mosque
Historian John A. Souto presented yesterday at the new library Luque his work “The mosque Mosque of Cordoba”, an essay that makes a “general reflection” sobre este monumento islámico y que tiene el objetivo de dar a […]
Custody of Cordoba and the saga of the Arfe
El apellido Arfe, linked in the history of Spanish art three generations of architects silversmiths filled with activity throughout the sixteenth century, has remained in the collective memory attached to some of our best custodians of seat: […]