[SOLVED] The Great Mosque of Cordoba

RESPONSE PAEPR 3- DUE SUNDAY APRIL 11- 11:59PM- MOODLE AND EMAIL FORM Choose one object or architectural building and write an in depth analysis based on the exact article or website I have provided- make sure to understand that particular object or building in detail. Option 1- Science manuscript- Lecture 6- CHOOSE ONE MANUSCRIPT EITHER KITAB AL-DIRYAQ OR AL-SUFI BOOK OF FIXED STARS Kitab al-Diryaq- read the following article: Pancaro?lu, Oya. “Socializing Medicine: Illustrations of the Kit?b Al-Diry?q.” Muqarnas, vol. 18, 2001, pp. 155–172. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1523306. Accessed 31 Mar. 2021. Key questions:• Please include the date of the Kitab al-Diryaq and the copy of the manuscript your choose to write about be it the Paris or Vienna copy. Please include the exact date of the manuscript.• What script was Kitab Al-Diryaq written in? • How many colors of ink were used? • How many lines of text per folio? • How does the text relate to the image? • Choose one folio from Kitab al-Diryaq and describe it in detail? • What is Oya Pancaroglu’s main points in the article?Al-Sufi- Book of Fixed Stars dated 400 AH/1009-10 CE. (Oxford) Wellesz, Emmy. “An Early Al-??f? Manuscript in the Bodleian Library in Oxford: A Study in Islamic Constellation Images.” Ars Orientalis, vol. 3, 1959, pp. 1–26. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/4629096. Accessed 31 Mar. 2021. Key questions:• Please include the title, date, and the author of al-Sufi’s Kitab al-Kawakib. • Choose one constellation from the manuscript and describe it in details as they appear onthe celestial globe and as it appear in the sky. • Make sure to include the name of the script • Make sure to include the colors use in the manuscript.Dr. Yasmine Al Saleh Art 103, Spring 20212Option 2- Literary manuscript- Lecture 7 Maqamat al-Hariri- read the following article ROXBURGH, DAVID J. “IN PURSUIT OF SHADOWS: AL-HARIRI’S MAQ?M?T.” Muqarnas, vol. 30, 2013, pp. 171–212. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/42751920. Accessed 31 Mar. 2021.• Focus on the Paris Maqamat al-Hariri illustrated by al-Wasiti • What is the date of the manuscript? What script was it written in? • What does it mean to have calligrapher and illustrator? • How does the text relate to the image? • Describe the main characters of the text? • Choose one folio that you find interesting and describe it in detailOption 3- CHOOSE ONLY ONE ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENT EITHER SULEYMANIYE OR GREAT MOSQUE OF CORDOBA Please describe in your own words why the article you have chosen (whether it is Nuha Khoury on the Great Mosque of Cordoba or Gülru Necipo?lu-Kafadar’s article on the Süleymaniye in Istanbul) is important?Remember to mention the author’s name, list important facts about the mosque, the patron, and to describe the inscriptions program. Why are the inscriptions in the mosque of your choice important? Make sure you list the decorative program of these inscriptions including the script type.Nuha Khoury “The Meaning of the Great Mosque of Cordoba in the Tenth Century” Nuha N. N. Khoury. “The Meaning of the Great Mosque of Cordoba in the Tenth Century.” Muqarnas, vol. 13, 1996, pp. 80–98. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1523253. Accessed 31 Mar. 2021. • What kind of a mosque is the Great Mosque of Cordoba, who built it, and in which dynasty?• What is the relationship between the Great Mosque of Damascus and the Great Mosque ofCordoba? (the church connection, and the mosaic connection)• What about the erroneous qibla? Why did they not correct it?• What about the Uthmanic Quran- why does Khoury mention it?• Lastly- where are the inscriptions in the mosque? What script was used? What do they looklike? Are they all Quranic? Or are some historical like a foundation text?Dr. Yasmine Al Saleh Art 103, Spring 20213Gulru Necipoglu “The Suleymaniye Complex in Istanbul”- Nec??po?lu-Kafadar Gülru. “The Süleymaniye Complex in Istanbul: An Interpretation.” Muqarnas, vol. 3, 1985, pp. 92–117. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1523086. Accessed 31 Mar. 2021. •What is a socio-religious complex?• Who is the patron? Who is the architect? Did they reuse material from other buildings?• What is the relationship between the Hagia Sophia and the Suleymaniye complex?• What does it mean to have Sultan Suleyman and his wife’s tombs within a mosque complex?How does it relate to the Dome of the Rock?• Who wrote the inscriptions for the Suleymaniye? Where are they found? What is the scriptused? And what material was used?