A summary of the necessary virtues to the applicant in the mystical path: al-‘Awāṣim qawāṭi‘ al-qawāṣim of Ibn Sab‘īn (Ricote, Murcia, 13th. c.)
Carlos BERBIL
Original title: Un resumen de las virtudes necesarias para el aspirante en la vía mística: al-‘Awāṣim qawāṭi‘ al-qawāṣim, de Ibn Sab‘īn (Ricote, Murcia, s. XIII)
Published in
Keywords: 13th century, Al-Andalus, Ibn Sabʿīn, Makkah, Sufism.
This article presents a preliminary study of a brief unpublished work by Ibn Sabʿīn. The author offers a summary of the "saviour practices", which are here related to "citadels" (ʿawāṣim), that can help the disciples in the spiritual path to stay away from misfortunes (qawāṣim).
The names of the Moors: the perception of the ethnic-cultural differences of the Islamic populations in a Castilian documentation of the 13th century
Renata VEREZA
Original title: Os nomes dos mouros: a percepção das diferenças étnico-culturais das populações islâmicas em uma documentação castelhana do século XIII
Published in Ramon Llull. Seventh centenary
Keywords: 13th century, Alfonso X, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Castille, Moors.
The present work analyzes how the Muslims are represented, particularly in the Marian songbook produced by Alfonso X of Castile in the second half of the 13th century (“Cantigas de Santa Maria”), in order to verify if the ethnic cultural differences of the Islamic populations, both of the Iberian Peninsula, and from North Africa and the East are reflected in the documentation. In addition, it seeks to ascertain whether it is possible to affirm ignorance on the part of Christians in relation to the internal divisions of the Islamic world, or whether missing information is due to the specific political agenda.
