Spanish Art Exam Photos

Trilingual Psalter, pre 1153, British Library, Palermo

Royal Mantle of Roger 11, 528, Muslim craftspersons

Christ Pantokrator with Inscriptions in Latin and Greek, Palermo, Palatine Chapel, ca. 1140, Byzantine Craftspersons

Cappella Palatina, ca 1140, Muqarnas (honey-comb architecture), Muslim craftspersons

Pillow Cover of Leonor of Castille, before 1214, silk and gold thread, Muslim craftspersons

Pamplona Casket made of ivory, Caliphal period 1004/5 (AH 395), Muslim craftspersons

Seated Figure, late 13th/14th century, copper with traces of arsenic, lead, and tin, 54 cm, Ile-Ife (Nigerian craftspersons)

Consecration of the Temple, Dura-Europos, Fresco, ca 250 CE

St. James at Compostela, begun 1075 by Alfonso VI

Floor plan of St. James at Compostela, begun 1075 by Alfonso VI

Singers Performing, illustration for the Cantigas de Santa Maria ca 1280, scribes and illuminators working under Alfonso X

Cantigas #169 ca 1280, scribes and illuminators working under Alfonso X

Cantigas #34 ca 1280, scribes and illuminators working under Alfonso X

Mezquita Bab-al-Mardum, or Mosque of Cristo de la Luz/ Santa Cruz, built in 999 in Toledo, converted to Catholic Church shortly after 1085

an apse was added to Mezquita Bab-al-Mardum ca 1180 to make it more closely resemble other Christian churches

Samuel Halevi Abulafia synagogue (converted into the Church of El Transito de Nuestra Senora in 1492) circa 1357 in Toledo, Spain

The prayer hall of Samuel Halevi Abulafia synagogue, 1357

Illustration of a Seder Dinner from the Sarajevo Haggadah, ca 1350, Hebrew scribes with Christian illuminators

Imago Pietatis, early 14th century, mosaic, Rome, Basilica of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Byzantine

Imago Pietatis ca 1490 by Juan Sanchez de San Roman

Virgen de la Antigua, first recorded in documents in 1403

Mosque-Cathedral at Cordoba, 785-1523

Abd al-Rahman I makes renovations to the Mosque-Cathedral, 731-788

Al-Hakam II makes renovations to the Mosque-Cathedral, 961-76

Mihrab of Cordoba Mosque, 961-976, Byzantine craftspersons

Khipu, late 15th century, Inka craftsperson, could read these but this language was lost pretty quickly

12-sided stone in Cusco, pre 1532

Korikancha/ Santa Domingo, 15th-17th century, Cuzco, Peru

Maize stalk with Cobs, gold and silver alloy, Inca, end of 15th century, likely from Coricancha (Temple of the Sun)

Alpaca, silver and silver alloy, Inca, end of 15th century, likely from Coricancha (Temple of the Sun)

Inka “echo stone” pre 1532

Pedro Cieza de Leon, Cronica general del Peru, 1553

“Cortes Map” published in Latin edition of Cortes’ Letters, Nuremberg, 1524

The Founding of Tenochtitlan, Codex Mendoza, 1541

The Coyolxauhqui Stone, pre-comtact, 1325-1519

Replicated version of The Coyolxauhqui Stone with color to see better