Mudéjar

[ Spanish moo-the-hahr ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural Mu·dé·ja·res [moo-, the, -hah-, r, es].

a Muslim permitted to remain in Spain after the Christian reconquest, especially during the 8th to the 13th centuries.

of or relating to a style of Spanish architecture from the 13th to 16th centuries, a fusion of Romanesque and Gothic with Arabic.

Mudéjar

/ muˈðɛxar /

medieval history a Spanish Moor, esp one permitted to stay in Spain after the Christian reconquest

1860–65; < Spanish < Arabic muddajjan permitted to stay

from Arabic mudajjan one permitted to remain

The portal is very fine, but the Moorish features are the work of Mudejar and not Almohade artisans.

Then there is the superb staircase with its "half-orange" ceiling, and the chapel with its mixed Gothic and Mudejar features.

The building illustrates the fashion of the Mudejar and Renaissance styles, almost to the effacement of the former.

In any case, abundant evidence exists to show that large quantities of Mudejar and Renaissance tiles were manufactured at Toledo.

The word Mudejar is of modern growth, nor can its derivation be resolved with certainty.

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