Spolia and Classical Revivals in Legitimacy Discourses: From Cordoba to the Mamluk Mosques of Cairo

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dc.book.titleArtistic and Cultural Dialogues in the Late Medieval Mediterranean
dc.contributor.authorCalvo Capilla, Susana
dc.contributor.editorMaria Marcos Cobaleda
dc.coverage.spatialspain and Egypt
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-28T11:46:49Z
dc.date.available2025-10-28T11:46:49Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractIn 1267–1269, the first Mamluk sultan al-Ẓāhir Baybarṣ ordered the construction of a great Friday mosque in Cairo. Its formal and typological features inspired by the Syrian architecture established a symbolic connection with the classic Islamic caliphates (Umayyad and Abbasid) to strengthen and legitimise his sovereignty over Egypt and Syria. In 1335, Sultan al-Nāṣir Muḥammad ibn Qalāwūn (d.1341) reconstructed the great mosque of the citadel of Cairo following Baybarṣ’ model. The revival of the hypostyle prayer hall, the association of dome plus basilica, as well as the use of glass-mosaics and spolia materials are some of the visual strategies and sources of self-affirmation analysed in this chapter in the light of previous practice in the tenth century in al-Andalus Umayyad caliphate.
dc.description.departmentDepto. de Historia del Arte
dc.description.facultyFac. de Geografía e Historia
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.sponsorshipMinisterio de Ciencia e Investigación
dc.description.statuspub
dc.identifier.citationCalvo Capilla, S. (2021). Spolia and Classical Revivals in Legitimacy Discourses: From Cordoba to the Mamluk Mosques of Cairo. In: Marcos Cobaleda, M. (eds) Artistic and Cultural Dialogues in the Late Medieval Mediterranean. Mediterranean Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-030-53366-3
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-030-53365-6
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-030-53366-3
dc.identifier.officialurlhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53366-3
dc.identifier.relatedurlhttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-53366-3_3
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/125462
dc.language.isoeng
dc.page.final78
dc.page.initial57
dc.page.total20
dc.publication.placeNew York
dc.publisherPalgrave Macmillan
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMediterranean Perspectives
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/RTI2018-093880-B-I00/ES/AL-ANDALUS, ARTE, CIENCIA Y CONTEXTOS EN UN MEDITERRANEO ABIERTO. DE OCCIDENTE A EGIPTO Y SIRIA/
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dc.subject.cdu726:28-523.42
dc.subject.keywordAl-Andalus
dc.subject.keywordEl Cairo
dc.subject.keywordMamelucos
dc.subject.keywordAntigüedad
dc.subject.keywordCórdoba
dc.subject.keywordMezquita
dc.subject.ucmHumanidades
dc.subject.unesco55 Historia
dc.titleSpolia and Classical Revivals in Legitimacy Discourses: From Cordoba to the Mamluk Mosques of Cairo
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