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Entrance to the Episcopal Palace
(مدخل القصر الأسقفي)

Title	Entrance to the Episcopal Palace
Title Original	مدخل القصر الأسقفي
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Record ID	monument;ISL;pt;Mon01;4;ar
Library Location	Coimbra, Portugal
Notes	A double entrance open at the front, which was used to cross the wall. This entrance was later blocked, when the Episcopal Square was built, which is now the Machado de Castro Museum. The two opposing arches are framed by Alvises and surmounted by a group of pediments in the style of the 16th century, when the door was incorporated into the episcopal palace. It is not unlikely that the door belonged to the fortification that surrounded the upper city, which during the Islamic period included a military area to the east. On the west side, there was Alcachova, and a palace (with four towers in its corners) that has now been included in the central building of the university. It is also possible that there is another door of the same style with two facing arches. This door faces south, and we find a depiction of it in a drawing dating back to the nineteenth century. It was called Porta Genicocca, or Bab Ibn Boudun. This work, based on the formation of the detachments and the way in which the arches are supported by a jamb without a shoulder, can be considered a precursor to the conquest of the city by Christian feudal forces in 1064 AD. This apparent contradiction between work that is formally close to what was being made in the Almohad south, and the new style imposed by the victors, can be explained by the presence of a large group of Mozarabs who succeeded in imposing their rituals and tastes. It is strange to find on one of the walls of the Si Velha (the old cathedral), which was also built during the twelfth century, the following Arabic inscription: “I write this as a remembrance of my terrible torment. One day my hand will perish, but my greatness will remain.” In addition to the antiquity of the Mozarab community in the region, it became established that even after the arrival of the new authorities, a large number of Morisco or Mudéjar builders remained in the region to participate in the construction of the city and in the construction of the Mozarab Gate. Or the door of the Episcopal Palace.
Sample Text	Claudio Torres “Entrance to the Episcopal Palace” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;pt;Mon01;4;ar

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Entrance to the Episcopal Palace

(مدخل القصر الأسقفي)

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Record ID monument;ISL;pt;Mon01;4;ar

Library Location Coimbra, Portugal

Notes A double entrance open at the front, which was used to cross the wall. This entrance was later blocked, when the Episcopal Square was built, which is now the Machado de Castro Museum. The two opposing arches are framed by Alvises and surmounted by a group of pediments in the style of the 16th century, when the door was incorporated into the episcopal palace. It is not unlikely that the door belonged to the fortification that surrounded the upper city, which during the Islamic period included a military area to the east. On the west side, there was Alcachova, and a palace (with four towers in its corners) that has now been included in the central building of the university. It is also possible that there is another door of the same style with two facing arches. This door faces south, and we find a depiction of it in a drawing dating back to the nineteenth century. It was called Porta Genicocca, or Bab Ibn Boudun. This work, based on the formation of the detachments and the way in which the arches are supported by a jamb without a shoulder, can be considered a precursor to the conquest of the city by Christian feudal forces in 1064 AD. This apparent contradiction between work that is formally close to what was being made in the Almohad south, and the new style imposed by the victors, can be explained by the presence of a large group of Mozarabs who succeeded in imposing their rituals and tastes. It is strange to find on one of the walls of the Si Velha (the old cathedral), which was also built during the twelfth century, the following Arabic inscription: “I write this as a remembrance of my terrible torment. One day my hand will perish, but my greatness will remain.” In addition to the antiquity of the Mozarab community in the region, it became established that even after the arrival of the new authorities, a large number of Morisco or Mudéjar builders remained in the region to participate in the construction of the city and in the construction of the Mozarab Gate. Or the door of the Episcopal Palace.

Sample Text Claudio Torres “Entrance to the Episcopal Palace” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;pt;Mon01;4;ar