The Alhambra: being a brief record of the Arabian conquest of the Peninsula with a particular account of the Mohammedan architecture and decorationCalvert, Albert Frederick
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The Alhambra: being a brief record of the Arabian conquest of the Peninsula with a particular account of the Mohammedan architecture and decoration
DETAILS AND INSCRIPTIONS AND ARABIAN CHAPITERS 397
DETAILS OF ARABIAN WORK 399
GROUND PLAN OF THE GENERALIFE AT GRANADA 403
THE GENERALIFE 405, 407, 413
A VIEW OF THE ROYAL VILLA OF THE GENERALIFE AT GRANADA 409
TRANSVERSE SECTION OF THE ROYAL VILLA OF THE GENERALIFE AT
GRANADA 411
GARDEN OF THE GENERALIFE 415
PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE GARDEN OF THE GENERALIFE 417
ELEVATION AND GROUND PLAN OF THE PORTICO OF THE GENERALIFE 419
MOSAIC, PORTICO OF THE GENERALIFE 421
FRONT VIEW OF THE PORTICO OF THE GENERALIFE 423
A CEILING IN THE GENERALIFE 425
GENERALIFE (PORTRAIT GALLERY), ENTRANCE TO THE GALLERY OF
RETRATOS 427
GALLERY IN THE ACEQUIA COURT, GENERALIFE 427, 437
GALLERY IN THE GENERALIFE 429
THE ACEQUIA COURT, GENERALIFE 431, 435
THE ACEQUIA COURT, FROM THE MAIN ENTRANCE, GENERALIFE 433
A CORNER OF THE ACEQUIA COURT, GENERALIFE 435
CYPRESS COURT, GENERALIFE 437
MOSAIC PAVEMENT IN THE DRESSING-ROOM OF THE SULTÁNA 440
SABRE OF THE LAST MOORISH KING OF GRANADA 441
ELEVATION OF THE CASA DEL CARBON, OR “HOUSE OF CARBON,” ONCE
KNOWN AS THE HOUSE OF THE WEATHER-COCK 443
HOUSE OF SANCHEZ 445
PLAN AND SECTION OF THE GREAT CISTERN IN THE ALHAMBRA 447
List of Coloured Illustrations.
PLATE. NO. DESCRIPTION.
I. 1 ORNAMENT IN PANELS ON THE WALLS, HALL OF AMBASSADORS.
II. 2 SOFFITT OF AN ARCH, COURT OF THE FISH-POND.
III. 3 ORNAMENT OVER DOORWAY AT THE ENTRANCE, COURT OF
THE LIONS.
IV. 4 ORNAMENT IN DOORWAY AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE VENETA,
HALL OF THE TWO SISTERS.
V. 5 ORNAMENT ON THE SIDE OF WINDOWS, UPPER STOREY, HALL
OF THE TWO SISTERS.
VI. 6 ORNAMENT IN SPANDRILS OF ARCHES, HALL OF THE TWO
SISTERS.
VI. 7 ORNAMENTS IN SPANDRILS OF ARCHES, HALL OF THE ABENCERRAGES.
VII. 8 ORNAMENTS IN PANELS, HALL OF THE AMBASSADORS.
VIII. 9 ORNAMENTS IN PANELS, COURT OF THE MOSQUE.
IX. 10 ORNAMENT OVER ARCHES AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE COURT
OF THE LIONS.
X. 11 ORNAMENT ON THE WALLS, HALL OF THE ABENCERRAGES.
XI. 12 ORNAMENT IN PANELS ON THE WALLS, COURT OF THE MOSQUE.
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