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Title	Capital
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	950
Publication Place	Madinat al-Zahra (made) -
Subject	Architecture
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 33.5cm, Width: 33cm, Depth: 33cm, Weight: 54.5kg
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	A.10-1922
Record ID	A.10-1922
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	950
Notes	This capital would have formed the head or top part of a column. It comes from the palace complex of Madinat al-Zahra near CÃ³rdoba in southern Spain. The complex was founded in 936 by a member of the Umayyad dynasty of Spain. It shows the powerful influence of the architecture of classical antiquity on early Islamic art. The capital has a âcompositeâ form that is entirely Roman, except for the inscription in Arabic along the top edge. The form and decoration of column capitals in Islamic Spain soon evolved away from their classical roots. They developed much more recognisably Islamic characteristics including increasingly abstract vegetal motifs.
Sample Text	Note Inscribed in Arabic along top edge.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Carved marble Marble Carving
Fiziksel açıklama	Marble capital with part of a Kufic inscription.
Üslup	Spanish-Umayyad

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Capital

Author Unknown

Publication Date 950

Publication Place Madinat al-Zahra (made) -

Subject Architecture

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 33.5cm, Width: 33cm, Depth: 33cm, Weight: 54.5kg

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID A.10-1922

Record ID A.10-1922

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 950

Notes This capital would have formed the head or top part of a column. It comes from the palace complex of Madinat al-Zahra near CÃ³rdoba in southern Spain. The complex was founded in 936 by a member of the Umayyad dynasty of Spain. It shows the powerful influence of the architecture of classical antiquity on early Islamic art. The capital has a âcompositeâ form that is entirely Roman, except for the inscription in Arabic along the top edge. The form and decoration of column capitals in Islamic Spain soon evolved away from their classical roots. They developed much more recognisably Islamic characteristics including increasingly abstract vegetal motifs.

Sample Text Note Inscribed in Arabic along top edge.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Carved marble Marble Carving

Fiziksel açıklama Marble capital with part of a Kufic inscription.

Üslup Spanish-Umayyad