Mosquée de Cordoue – Cathédrale du Puy

Mosquée de Cordoue – Mosquée de Cordoue – Cathédrale du PuyCathédrale du Puy

Porte de l’enfance du Christ et Porte de l’enfance du Christ et porte de la passionporte de la passion

Le temple de DianeLe temple de Diane

Grande mosquée de Grande mosquée de CordoueCordoue

Chapelle saint-Michel Chapelle saint-Michel dd’Aiguihle’Aiguihle

Les routes de CompostelleLes routes de Compostelle

San Juan de Duero (à Soria)San Juan de Duero (à Soria)

Manteau de couronnement de Manteau de couronnement de Roger II de SicileRoger II de Sicile

(au sujet de l(au sujet de l’inscription en écriture ’inscription en écriture couphique) couphique) « It indicates the lack of « It indicates the lack of Western understanding of Islamic Western understanding of Islamic religion and culture and its view of religion and culture and its view of Islam as a vague, foreign, external Islam as a vague, foreign, external “other” (as opposed to the Jews who “other” (as opposed to the Jews who functioned as an internal cultural functioned as an internal cultural “other” » Andreas Petzold, “other” » Andreas Petzold, Romanesque Art, Romanesque Art, p. 146.p. 146.

““The inscription around the door at The inscription around the door at Le Puy is typical of the way in which Le Puy is typical of the way in which European artists assimilated certain European artists assimilated certain aspects of the vocabulary of Islamic aspects of the vocabulary of Islamic art, transforming it into a decorative art, transforming it into a decorative element, and in the process robbing element, and in the process robbing it of meaning.” (it of meaning.” (Ibid., pIbid., p. 146). 146)