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The Feather Adarga of Philip II and the Escorial Miter

2006; Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains; Linguagem: Inglês

10.4000/nuevomundo.1468

1626-0252

Teresa Ortíz Salazar,

Historical and Linguistic Studies

The Feather Adarga Feather Adarga D-88 Real Armeria, Palacio Real de Madrid Patrimonio Nacional HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The word “ ADARGA “ designates a shield of Arabic origin ( “ el- darakah“ means “ a shield “) , usually made of leather, which was introduced in Spain from the north of Africa in the thirteenth century. This first adargas were circular, as we can see represented in some twelve century codex like the Biblia de Leon and the Beato de Gerona. During the thirteenth century the name...