EL JARRO. THE ARABIAN VASE AND NICHE IN WHICH IT FORMERLY STOOD, HALL OF THE TWO SISTERS. THE VASE, CONSIDERABLY MUTILATED, IS NOW IN THE MUSEUM OF THE PALACE] [Illustration: PLATE 296 AN ARAB VASE OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY IN THE NICHE WHEREIN IT STOOD UNTIL THE YEAR 1837] [Illustration: PLATE 297 SWORD OF THE LAST MOORISH KING OF GRANADA, COMMONLY CALLED “THE SWORD OF BOABDIL”] [Illustration: PLATE 298 THE SURRENDER OF GRANADA BY BOABDIL TO FERDINAND AND ISABELLA, JANUARY 2, 1492] [Illustration: PLATE 299 GOLD COIN (OBVERSE AND REVERSE) OF MOHAMMED I., THE FOUNDER OF THE ALHAMBRA, WHO REIGNED 1232-1272 A.D.] [Illustration: PLATE 300 DETAILS AND INSCRIPTIONS, AND ARABIAN CAPITALS] [Illustration: PLATE 301 THE GOTHIC INSCRIPTION SET UP IN THE ALHAMBRA BY THE COUNT OF TENDILLA, TO COMMEMORATE THE SURRENDER OF THE FORTRESS IN 1492] [Illustration: PLATE 302 MOSAIC PAVEMENT IN THE QUEEN’S DRESSING ROOM (TOCADOR DE LA REYNA) MOSAIC, FROM A FRAGMENT IN THE ALHAMBRA] [Illustration: PLATE 303 THE HOUSE OF CARBON] [Illustration: PLATE 304 THE ANCIENT GRANARY MARKET AND HOUSE OF CARBON] [Illustration: PLATE 305 ELEVATION OF THE CASA DEL CARBON, OR HOUSE OF CARBON, ONCE KNOWN AS THE HOUSE OF THE WEATHERCOCK] [Illustration: PLATE 306 COURTYARD OF A MOORISH HOUSE IN THE ALBAICIN] [Illustration: PLATE 307 INTERIOR OF AN ARAB HOUSE IN THE ALBAICIN] [Illustration: PLATE 308 THE PROCLAMATION OF BOABDIL. BY PLÁCIDO FRANCES (NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF BEAUX ARTS, 1884)] [Illustration: PLATE 309 THE AUTHOR IN THE ALHAMBRA] [Illustration: PLATE 310 CORNICES, CAPITALS, AND COLUMNS IN THE ALHAMBRA. THE SPLENDID CORNICE AT THE RIGHT-HAND TOP CORNER IS FROM THE LOGGIA OF THE GENERALIFE] [Illustration: PLATE 311 MISCELLANEOUS ORNAMENT IN THE ALHAMBRA] [Illustration: PLATE 312 THE FABLE OF JUPITER AND LEDA IN THE ALHAMBRA] [Illustration: PLATE 313 BAS-RELIEF, NOW IN THE MUSEUM OF THE ALHAMBRA] [Illustration: PLATE 314 ARABIAN SWORD] [Illustration: PLATE 315 CAPITALS FROM THE COURTS AND HALLS OF THE ALHAMBRA] [Illustration: PLATE 316 ENCAUSTIC-TILE WORK IN THE ROYAL ROOM OF SANTO DOMINGO] [Illustration: PLATE 317 VARIOUS MOSAICS FROM THE ALHAMBRA] [Illustration: PLATE 318 INSCRIPTIONS IN THE ALHAMBRA] [Illustration: PLATE 319 PLAN OF THE PALACE OF CHARLES V., AND OF THE SUBTERRANEAN VAULTS OF THE ALHAMBRA] [Illustration: PLATE 320 GENERAL VIEW OF THE ALHAMBRA FROM THE HOMAGE TOWER] [Illustration: PLATE 321 ANCIENT CISTERN. EARLY FOURTEENTH CENTURY] [Illustration: PLATE 322 THE ALHAMBRA _Specially drawn for The Spanish Series_] [Illustration: PLATE 323 PART OF EXTERIOR OF THE PALACE OF CHARLES V.] [Illustration: PLATE 324 ELEVATION OF THE PALACE OF CHARLES V.] [Illustration: PLATE 325 SECTION OF THE PALACE OF CHARLES V.] [Illustration: PLATE 326 FOUNTAIN OF THE EMPEROR CHARLES V.] [Illustration: PLATE 327 VIEW OF THE ALHAMBRA FROM THE HOMAGE TOWER] [Illustration: PLATE 328