The Medieval Globe, 5.2, 2019, pp.127-148, special issue: Medieval Sicily, al.Andalus and the Maghrib. Writing in Times of Turmoil, edited by N. Carpemtieri and C. Symes, 2019 (Amsterdam Univ. Press 2020), 2020
In the context of the major changes which occurred between the eleventh
and thirteenth centuries... more In the context of the major changes which occurred between the eleventh
and thirteenth centuries in the Mediterranean region, this article focuses on
two passages from the famous travelogue of a Muslim author from al-Andalus, Ibn
Jubayr’s Riḥla: the description of the ancient Egyptian temple of Akhmīm, and that
of the Church of St. Mary of the Admiral, in Palermo— now better known as the
Martorana. Both passages are considered within the framework of the traveller’s
two-year journey as a pilgrim (1183– 1185) and, through a close comparative
reading, this article suggests that Ibn Jubayr’s different treatment of the two
buildings reflects contemporary transformations in the balance of power within
and outside the Islamic world. It shows how these upheavals affected the Muslim
author’s way of conceptualizing his own world and that of ancient and contemporaneous
Others.
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and thirteenth centuries in the Mediterranean region, this article focuses on
two passages from the famous travelogue of a Muslim author from al-Andalus, Ibn
Jubayr’s Riḥla: the description of the ancient Egyptian temple of Akhmīm, and that
of the Church of St. Mary of the Admiral, in Palermo— now better known as the
Martorana. Both passages are considered within the framework of the traveller’s
two-year journey as a pilgrim (1183– 1185) and, through a close comparative
reading, this article suggests that Ibn Jubayr’s different treatment of the two
buildings reflects contemporary transformations in the balance of power within
and outside the Islamic world. It shows how these upheavals affected the Muslim
author’s way of conceptualizing his own world and that of ancient and contemporaneous
Others.
and thirteenth centuries in the Mediterranean region, this article focuses on
two passages from the famous travelogue of a Muslim author from al-Andalus, Ibn
Jubayr’s Riḥla: the description of the ancient Egyptian temple of Akhmīm, and that
of the Church of St. Mary of the Admiral, in Palermo— now better known as the
Martorana. Both passages are considered within the framework of the traveller’s
two-year journey as a pilgrim (1183– 1185) and, through a close comparative
reading, this article suggests that Ibn Jubayr’s different treatment of the two
buildings reflects contemporary transformations in the balance of power within
and outside the Islamic world. It shows how these upheavals affected the Muslim
author’s way of conceptualizing his own world and that of ancient and contemporaneous
Others.