Publications by Ignacio Ferrer Perez-Blanco

WHAT THE CARPENTRY MANUSCRIPTS DO AND DO NOT SAY ABOUT CHAPLONES, JAIRAS AND MOCARABES TEMPLATES QUÉ DICEN Y QUÉ NO LOS MANUSCRITOS DE CARPINTERÍA SOBRE CHAPLONES, JAIRAS Y PLANTILLAS DE MOCÁRABES

Between the beginning of the 17th century, when the carpentry manuscripts dealing with western muqarnas (muqarbas) were written and the present day, several concepts have been popularized while remaining sometimes attributed to the original authors, being ...

2025

A Deformed Muqarnas Dome at the Sala de los Reyes in the Alhambra: Graphic Analysis of Architectural Heritage

Ignacio Ferrer Perez-Blanco

The muqarnas are small pieces grouped together, adopting surprising three-dimensional forms. They are a symbol of identity of the 14th century Nasrid architecture at Alhambra in Granada. This research's aim is to graphically analyze the plaster muqarnas do ...

2023

The Pavilions at the Alhambra’s Court of the Lions: Graphic Analysis of Muqarnas

Ignacio Ferrer Perez-Blanco

This research documents and graphically analyzes the pavilions muqarnas at the Court of the Lions in the Alhambra in Granada, a World Heritage Site. In order to cast some light on the understanding and preservation of these 14th century architectural eleme ...

2020

A Grammar of Muqarnas: Drawings of the Alhambra by Jones and Goury (1834-1845)

Ignacio Ferrer Perez-Blanco

The muqarnas of the Nasrid Alhambra stand out as one of the most singular architectural episodes o f Medieval Islamic art due to their sophisticated three-dimensional construction, whose layout remains little known. In 1834 and 1837, the architects Owen Jo ...

2019

New Drawings of the Alhambra: Deformations of Muqarnas in the Pendentives of the Sala de la Barca

Ignacio Ferrer Perez-Blanco

Architectural heritage preservation and sustainability need advanced graphic techniques in order to document and understand the disposition/composition of plaster muqarnas, a fragile construction element. The muqarnas are key elements in the Nasrid archite ...

2019