Lintel, Casa del Conde, Toledo, 15th century, hybrid

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: Spain_JM_01
Author: Julie Marquer
Contributor(s): Nuria Garcia Masip
Date: 15^th century
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Spain, Toledo, Casa del Conde Esteban
Remarks (Place of Production): Inscription from a building known as Casa del Conde Esteban
Present Location: Plaza del Consistorio, 3, Toledo
Language: Aljamiado
Type of text: Devotional text
Nature of the Text: Other
Text Content: Invocation to the Virgin Mary
Script: Hybrid Style
Type of Object: architectural element\lintel
Writing Surface: stone\type of stone\stucco
Shape (Epigraphy): rectangular
Size (of the object): 247 x 49 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): a single writing line with overlapping graphemes
Technique: carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Instrument: other
Bibliography: Amador de los Ríos, Rodrigo. “La Casa Del Conde Esteban de Toledo.” Boletín de La Sociedad Española de Excursiones 35 (1896): 205–12.; Marquer, Julie. “Jesús y María Entre El Islam y El Cristianismo En Las Inscripciones Árabes de La Casa Del Conde de Toledo.” Al-Qanṭara 43, no. 1 (2022).
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wāw descenders: wāw - short curvilinear tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - s-shaped
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: deep bowl left open; curvilinear tail ending in loop
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders: backward horizontal stroke with final angular upstroke