a LC control number 2002009067

a ISBN 0-316-56688-8

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number N6494

b Item number .M46 2002

a Personal name Menocal, Maria Rosa.

a Title The ornament of the world :

b Remainder of title how Muslims, Jews, and Christians created a culture of tolerance in medieval Spain /

c Statement of responsibility, etc María Rosa Menocal ; [foreword by Harold Bloom].

h Medium BOOK

a Place of publication, distribution, etc Boston :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Little, Brown,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc c2002.

a Extent xviii, 315 p. :

b Other physical details ill. ;

c Dimensions 24 cm.

a Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index.

a Formatted contents note Beginnings -- A Brief History of a First-Rate Place -- The Palaces of Memory -- The Mosque and the Palm Tree: Cordoba, 786 -- Mother Tongues: Cordoba, 855 -- A Grand Vizier, a Grand City: Cordoba, 949 -- The Gardens of Memory: Madinat al-Zahra, South of Cordoba, 1009 -- Victorious in Exile: The Battlefield at Argona, Between Cordoba and Granada, 1041 -- Love and its Songs: Niebla, Just West of Seville, on the Road to Huelva, August 1064 Barbastro, in the Foothills of the Pyrenees, on the Road to Saragossa, August 1064 -- The Church at the Top of the Hill: Toledo, 1085 -- An Andalusian in London: Huesca, 1106 -- Sailing Away, Riding Away: Alexandria, 1140 -- The Abbot and the Quran: Cluny, 1142 -- Gifts: Sicily, 1236: Cordoba, 1236: Granada, 1236 -- Banned in Paris: Paris, 1277 -- Visions of Other Worlds: Avila, 1305 -- Foreign Dignitaries at the Courts of Castile: Seville, 1364: Toledo, 1364 -- In the Alhambra: Granada, 1492 -- Somewhere in La Mancha: 1605 -- Epilogue: Andalusian Shards.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Religious tolerance

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Christianity

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Islam

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Judaism