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Mosque of Al-Mu'ayyad, 1420
Navarre, ivory casket
Genealogical chart of the Seljuqs of Iconium
The Puerta del Pardon of the cathedral and the Giralda. The moorish arches over the gate and details of the former court walls of the great mosque are still discernable.Except for the belfry, the Giralda corresponds to the original almohad minaret. Old engraving
A murabba' (silver) coin. The square shape is characteristic of Almohad coins, serving as an indication that with the appearance of the "Mahdi", Ibn Tumert, the succession of dif- ferent historical periods had come.to an end, and a new, lasting world order had begun
The Giralda, once a minaret of the Great Almohad Mosque, built about 1190 by Ahmad Al-Baso. The balconies in front of the windows and the crown of the bell tower date from the Renaissance
Front and rear view of ivory carving on a moorish casket made about 1050. It is now in the Museo Arqueologico National in Madrid
Main portal and façade of the Alcazar built in the 14th. century by craftsmen from Granada for the christian rulers of Seville
Coca Castle dating from the l5th century. The projecting military towers are an arabic invention
Map showing almoravid rule in Spain at the death of Alfonso VI
Al-Hambra, an ornament
Genealogical chart showing the Beni Merin
As-Safiha (Asaphea), the astronomical instrument invented by Az-Zarkali. It plots the spacial movements of the constellations on one single surface. This specimen is from the Real Academia de Cienciasy Artes in Barcelona
From the "Book of Chess" by Alfonso the Wise. An arab knight and his guest, a christian knight,are playing chess, Both their lances are standing peaceably side by side outside the tent
From the "Book of Chess" by Alfonso the Wise. While her maid plays the lute, a moorish lady plays chess with a christian lady
14th century tray bearing the name of a yemeni sultan
Decorative motifs from the Madrasa
Decorative motifs from the Madrasa
A blind arch from a mosque
Moorish plate