Granada and the Alhambra: A brief description of the ancient city of Granada, with a particular account of the Moorish palaceCalvert, Albert Frederick
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Granada and the Alhambra: A brief description of the ancient city of Granada, with a particular account of the Moorish palace
Calvert, Albert Frederick
Alhambra (Granada, Spain); Art -- Spain -- Granada; Granada (Spain) -- Description and travel
Detail of the only ancient “Jalousie” remaining in
the Alhambra 293
El Jarro. Arab Vase now in the Museum of the Palace 294
El Jarro. The Arabian Vase and Niche in which it
formerly stood, Hall of the Two Sisters 295
An Arab Vase of the Fourteenth Century in the Niche
wherein it stood until the Year 1837 296
Sword of the last Moorish King of Granada, commonly
called “The Sword of Boabdil” 297
The Surrender of Granada by Boabdil to Ferdinand
and Isabella, January 2, 1492 298
Gold Coin (obverse and reverse) of Mohammed I., the
Founder of the Alhambra, who reigned 1232-1272
A.D. 299
Details and Inscriptions, and Arabian Capitals 300
The Gothic Inscription set up in the Alhambra by the
Count of Tendilla, to commemorate the Surrender
of the Fortress in 1492 301
Mosaic Pavement in the Queen’s Dressing-room (Tocador
de la Reyna.) Mosaic, from a Fragment in
the Alhambra 302
The House of Carbon 303
The ancient Granary Market and House of Carbon 304
Elevation of the Casa del Carbon, or House of
Carbon, once known as the House of the Weathercock 305
Courtyard of a Moorish House in the Albaicin 306
Interior of an Arab House in the Albaicin 307
The Proclamation of Boabdil. By Plácido Frances
(National Exhibition of Beaux Arts, 1884) 308
The Author in the Alhambra 309
Cornices, Capitals, and Columns in the Alhambra 310
Miscellaneous Ornament in the Alhambra 311
The Fable of Jupiter and Leda in the Alhambra 312
Bas-relief, now in the Museum of the Alhambra 313
Arabian Sword 314
Capitals from the Courts and Halls of the Alhambra 315
Encaustic-tile Work in the Royal Room of Santo
Domingo 316
Various Mosaics from the Alhambra 317
Inscriptions in the Alhambra 318
Plan of the Palace of Charles V. and of the Subterranean
Vaults of the Alhambra 319
General View of the Alhambra from the Homage Tower 320
Ancient Cistern. Early Fourteenth Century 321
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