Concepts of Power and the Evolution of Palace Architecture in the West-Islamic Caliphate: The Upper Hall (Edificio Basilical Superior) of Madinat al-Zahra at Córdoba/Spain

西方伊斯兰哈里发国的权力概念和宫殿建筑的演变：西班牙科尔多瓦马迪纳特扎赫拉的上层大厅（高等大教堂）

• 批准号: 422590414
• 负责人: Dr.-Ing. Heike Lehmann
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Abteilung Madrid
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 资助国家: 德国
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/422590414?language=en
• 关键词: Concepts; Power; Evolution; Palace; Architecture

The palatial city Madinat al-Zahra (near Córdoba/Spain) was founded by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān III in the 10th c. CE, a few years after his claim to the caliphate and thus leadership of the entire Islamic community. The research project focuses on the architecture of the so called „Edificio Basilical Superior”, one of the two main halls in the official sector of the palace, its adjacent buildings and its system of access. The aim of the project is to examine how the architecture and the urban planning reflected the self-perception of the role of the caliph. The project will investigate the relationship between the architectural design and the spatial organisation and the court ceremony known from historic sources, and how architectural and urban concepts from the ancient, Byzantine and Islamic world were adapted and developed further. Of special interest are the new building measures and modifications effected after the shift of the caliphal seat from Córdoba to Madinat al-Zahra in the wake of administrative reforms undertaken by ʿAbd al-Raḥmān III and his successors. The history of research, which goes back to the early 20th century, was reviewed in the first funding period of the DFG project and supplemented by a complete 3D survey, classical architectural drawings and studies on building fragments in the magazine of the Madinat al-Zahra Museum. The ongoing project is based on this exhaustive documentation. In addition a geophysical survey is planned to gain knowledge about predecessor buildings in the research area. Construction phases will be distinguished, building technologies studied, and spatial concepts, systems of dimension, order and proportion examined. As a research tool, an H-BIM is being developed to allow the merge of all data, the differentiation of building phases and the separation of modern additions from the historic building record, as well as the examination of alternative hypotheses on the original appearance of the building. The results of this research will contribute to the understanding of the caliphal city Madinat al-Zahra as a whole as well as to the history of knowledge of the early medieval period. Concepts of power and rulership and their representation in the early medieval society will be analysed from an architectural point of view. During the course of the project, preliminary findings will be discussed in interdisciplinary research groups, presented at conferences and published in scientific journals. All obtained data will be stored in a sustainable manner within the systems of the German Archaeological Institute and of the Madinat al-Zahra Museum. The results will thus be preserved on a long term basis and will be available for future research. The final results of the project will be published as a monographic volume and will be incorporated into the public presentation of the world cultural heritage site.

宫殿般的城市Madinat al-Zahra（靠近Córdoba/西班牙）是由阿卜杜勒al-Raḥmān三世在公元10世纪建立的，几年后，他宣布成为哈里发，从而领导整个伊斯兰社会。研究项目的重点是所谓的“高级大教堂”的建筑，这是宫殿官方部门的两个主要大厅之一，它的邻近建筑和入口系统。该项目的目的是研究建筑和城市规划如何反映哈里发角色的自我认知。该项目将调查建筑设计与空间组织和历史上已知的宫廷仪式之间的关系，以及如何适应和进一步发展古代，拜占庭和伊斯兰世界的建筑和城市概念。特别令人感兴趣的是，在阿卜杜拉al-Raḥmān三世及其继任者进行行政改革后，哈里发席位从Córdoba转移到Madinat al-Zahra之后，新的建筑措施和修改产生了影响。研究的历史可以追溯到20世纪初，在DFG项目的第一个资助时期进行了回顾，并辅以完整的3D调查，古典建筑图纸和Madinat al-Zahra博物馆杂志上的建筑碎片研究。正在进行的项目是基于这个详尽的文档。此外，还计划进行地球物理调查，以了解研究区域的前身建筑。建筑阶段将被区分，建筑技术的研究，和空间概念，系统的尺寸，秩序和比例检查。作为一种研究工具，H-BIM正在开发中，以允许合并所有数据，区分建筑阶段，将现代添加的建筑与历史建筑记录分离，以及对建筑原始外观的其他假设进行检查。这项研究的结果将有助于理解哈里发城市马迪纳特扎赫拉作为一个整体，以及中世纪早期的知识历史。权力和统治的概念及其在中世纪早期社会的表现将从建筑的角度进行分析。在项目过程中，初步研究结果将在跨学科研究小组中进行讨论，在会议上提出，并在科学期刊上发表。所有获得的数据将以可持续的方式储存在德国考古研究所和Madinat al-Zahra博物馆的系统内。因此，这些结果将长期保存下来，供今后的研究使用。该项目的最终结果将作为专题卷出版，并将纳入世界文化遗产的公开介绍。