Hispano-Moresque box in the collection of the Hispanic Society of America
Series: Hispanic notes & monographs; essays, studies, and brief biographies; Hispanic notes & monographs
Publisher: Printed by order of the Trustees
Published: 1927
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 39
Subjects: Ivories
Description: The minor arts of the Caliphate of Cordoba, famed by traveler and chronicler alike, are well exemplified in a series of carved ivory boxes which are eloquent of the perfection and refinement of workmanship of the Spanish Arabs. They appeared slightly after the middle of the tenth century and ceased within the next hundred years. In shape they are round with domed covers or rectangular with the cover either flat or more often with sloping sides. -- Preface.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 32-39).
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Hispano-Moresque ivory box