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The introduction of the glaze in al-Andalus: Technological waves and Oriental influences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2020

Elena Salinas  and
Trinitat Pradell
Elena Salinas
Affiliation:
Characterisation of Materials Group (GCM), Physics Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-BarcelonaTech), Av. Eduard Maristany 16, Barcelona 08019, Spain
Trinitat Pradell
Affiliation:
Characterisation of Materials Group (GCM), Physics Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-BarcelonaTech), Av. Eduard Maristany 16, Barcelona 08019, Spain
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Abstract

This research develops a much-needed approach to the study of glazed ware production in al-Andalus (Muslim Spain and Portugal) during the early Middle Ages. The introduction of glaze to the Iberian Peninsula was a long and complex process involving three waves of technology transfer arriving from the eastern Islamic regions between the ninth and eleventh centuries. In this paper, the main glaze workshops of each technological wave have been characterised in order to understand how the medieval technological transmission took place and how political and economic factors influenced this gradual dissemination.

إدخال التزجيج إلى الأندلس: الموجات التكنولوجية والتأثيرات الشرقيةإيلينا ساليناس، ترينيتات براديل

يطور هذا البحث نهجاً مطلوباً بشدة لدراسة إنتاج الأواني المزججة (glazed ware) في الأندلس (إسبانيا المسلمة والبرتغال) خلال العصور الوسطى المبكرة. لقد كان إدخال التزجيج إلى شبه الجزيرة الإيبيرية عملية طويلة ، حيث تضمنت ثلاث موجات من نقل التكنولوجيا القادمة من المناطق الإسلامية الشرقية بين القرنين التاسع والحادي عشر. في هذه الورقة، تم وصف و تمييز ورش التزجيج الرئيسية لكل موجة تكنولوجية من أجل فهم كيفية حدوث الانتقال التكنولوجي في العصور الوسطى وكيف أثرت العوامل السياسية والاقتصادية على هذا الانتشار التدريجي.

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Part 2: Special Reports: Islamic pottery
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Libyan Studies , Volume 51 , November 2020 , pp. 87 - 98
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Copyright © The Society for Libyan Studies 2020

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