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)
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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This article presents a preliminary study of a brief unpublished work by Ibn Sabʿīn.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).
A “floral garment” for the Paradise Garden: the Mudejar plaster-works
Mª Ángeles JORDANO BARBUDO
Original title: Un “vestido floral” para el Jardín del Paraíso: las yeserías mudéjares
Published in Paradise, Purgatory and Hell: the Religiosity in the Middle Ages
Keywords: Mosque Cathedral, Mudejar, Paradise Garden, Plaster-works, Royal Chapel, Sufism.
The Paradise Garden is a constant feature in the Islamic world. As a result of its survival under Christian domain is its representation through the Mudejar plaster-works, especially in the court spaces nourished as a "qubba", where the tree of Paradise and an endless number of leaves and fruits invade the paraments, showing bright colours -golden, red, blue and black.
