The Palacio de Pedro I, Alcázar of Seville (IMAGE)
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Façade of the Palacio de Pedro I in the Alcázar of Seville. The architectural program illustrates the strategic appropriation of Islamic visual forms by Christian monarchs seeking to consolidate their authority. Notably, the Gothic script within the palace recalls Ibn Khaldun's observation in the Muqaddimah that Andalusian Muslims imitated Christians "even in the depiction of figures on walls."
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Credit: Reading Ibn Khaldun, University of Ljubljana Press.
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