Dry Rope Workshop
Introduction
Andalusian ceramics (or Hispano-Muslim ceramics) is the pottery production manufactured in al-Andalus (Iberian Peninsula) between the and centuries. It was characterized by the elegant shapes of the vessels, the glazing, the tile work and the use of enamels. He innovated in European ceramics with techniques such as metallic reflections and dry rope.
Periods
With the entry into the Iberian Peninsula of the Arab people, pottery of late Roman origin (Tartesian, Phoenician) merged in Al-Andalus with that of the Berber and more eastern peoples such as Iraqis, Persians, and even Chinese influence. The Paleo-Andalusian period"),[1] is included between the century and the end of the century, within the Umayyad emirate, and represented an enrichment especially in forms and techniques.[2] Such development was promoted by the growing increase in population in the cities with the formation of the caliphate. The resulting exemplary product is the decorated earthenware in Medina Elvira and Medina Azahara, for use in table service.
Likewise, the workshops become professional, displacing more homemade production, and depending on geographic areas, the typology of production varies. The use of straight shapes in kitchenware is observed in the Mediterranean area, compared to the production of the northern peninsula, which continues with "S" shapes. The use of specific pastes is progressively introduced depending on the function of the container, such as fire pottery, rich in degreasing inclusions, and more refined pastes for other uses.[3] The first important innovation occurs at the end of the century with the dry rope, consisting of delimiting the glazes with a separating "cord", with the consequence of not allowing the glazes to mix.
Sources
The original sources of the time allow for a classification of terminology without resorting to current generic terms. The discovery of two notarial sources, from the 1st century, from the Valencian alfaquí to Buntî, and from the Toledo Ibn Muguith, can be considered the bases of the terminology used today.[4][5][6].