Socarrat

Socarrat representing an ox

Socarrat are fired clay tiles covered with a white base and generally painted in red and black. These were placed between beams and joists in buildings’ ceilings and eaves. Their origin is typically medieval but subsequent production of these objects is known, mainly in Valencia. There are other words to name objects with similar function such as rajola, maó prim, atovó or cairó. The first register about its existence was likely in 1604, when D. Feliciano de Figueroa, Bishop of Segorbe, refers to a group of roof and wall tiles written and coloured with koranic transcripts. Traditionally, they’re said to come from Paterna but the presence of these and other similar objects has been documented too in Manises and in some other places in Valencia, Aragon and Catalonia. [1]

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-03-31. Retrieved 2008-08-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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