Dos modelos semejantes de noria de tiro

Abstract

The noria de tiro (drawn water-wheel) is a device which is used to raise water from wells with the aid of a draught animal. This type of noria is common to all of the arid regions of the Iberian Peninsula. This study is an investigation into the origins of this type of noria, the date of its introduction into the Peninsula and the influence of Arabic terminology for the noria on Castillan vocabulary. This article also discusses two examples: the remains of a noria discovered by the author in Azucaica (Toledo), and the noria preserved in the Real Jardín Botánico of Madrid. Although the dates of construction of the two examples diverge by hundreds of years, the similarities between them are striking. In addition, a group of documents preserved in the archive of the Real Jardín Botánico helps to theoretically reconstruct the Toledan noria.