International Journal of Geo-Information Article The Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba: Graphic Analysis of Interior Perspectives by Girault de Prangey around 1839 Antonio Gámiz-Gordo 1,* , Juan Cantizani-Oliva 2 and Juan Francisco Reinoso-Gordo 3 1 Architectural Graphic Expression Department, University of Seville, 41012 Seville, Spain 2 Electrical and Automatic Engineering Department, University of Cordoba, 14071 Cordoba, Spain;
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[email protected] Abstract: The work of Philibert Girault de Prangey, who was a draughtsman, pioneering photogra- pher and an Islamic architecture scholar, has been the subject of recent exhibitions in his hometown (Langres, 2019), at the Metropolitan Museum (New York, 2019) and at the Musée d’Orsay (Paris, 2020). After visiting Andalusia between 1832 and 1833, Prangey completed the publication “Monuments arabes et moresques de Cordoue, Seville et Grenada” in 1839, based on his own drawings and mea- surements. For the first time, this research analyses his interior perspectives of the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba (Spain). The novel methodology is based on its comparison with a digital model derived from the point cloud captured by a 3D laser scanner. After locating the different viewpoints, the geometric precision and the elaboration process are analysed, taking into account historic images by various authors, other details published by Prangey and the architectural transformations of the Citation: Gámiz-Gordo, A.; Cantizani-Oliva, J.; Reinoso-Gordo, building. In this way, the veracity and documentary interest of some beautiful perspectives of a J.F. The Mosque-Cathedral of monument inscribed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO is valued.