Ex-Líbris do Mês de Junho 2012

COLLOQUE INTERNATIONAL DU CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, Paris, 1990 - L'Europe héritière de l'Espagne wisigothique: colloque international du CNRS tenu à la Fondation Singer-Polignac (Paris, 14-15 mai 1990) : actes. Madrid: Casa de Velázquez, 1992. 443, [3] p. ISBN 84-86839-33-5


Tinteiro

Designação: Tinteiro
Descrição: Pequeno tinteiro de forma cilíndrica maciça com sete orifícios, também cilíndricos, que deviam ser os depósitos para a tinta. Nos intervalos entre os depósitos encontramos outros espaços excisos mais pequenos, com a forma aproximada de uma pirâmide invertida.
Cronologia: Segunda metade do século XII/primeira metade do século XIII
Dimensões: alt.20mm., larg.70mm
Procedência: Alcáçova do Castelo de Mértola

Terra sigillata fragment

Name: Terra sigillata fragment
Description: Late period sigillata fragment with a flat surface.
Decoration: Stamped bird (dove - Hayes style E).
Chronology: 6th century
Provenance: Paleochristian basilica
Location: Museum of Mértola – Paleochristian centre

Bibliography:
Torres, C; Macias, S., (ed.) (1993): Museu de Mértola - Basílica Paleocristã. Mértola, Campo Arqueológico de Mértola, p.86.

Roof tile with markings

Name: Roof tile with markings
Description: A near complete tile made of reddish paste, with a smooth exterior and a very irregular inner part. Three engraved lines were drawn in the exterior, with the clay still fresh, across the tile’s width, and a curved line across its length. On one side there are six smaller lines and a word written in Arabic.
Chronology: 12th century
Dimensions: Height: 72mm, Width: 200mm, Length: 72mm
Provenance: Alcaria Longa

Crossbow nuts

Name: Crossbow nuts
Description: A pair of bone crossbow nuts of cylindrical shape and circular horizontal cross-section, with a round opening at the centre and a rectangular groove on the middle.
Function: This object fitted a crossbow as part of its firing mechanism.
Chronology: 11th-12th centuries
Provenance: Citadel of Mértola
Location: Museum of Mértola - Islamic Museum Hub