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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 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

Name: The Alhambra: being a brief record of the Arabian conquest of the Peninsula with a particular account of the Mohammedan architecture and decoration
Author: Calvert, Albert Frederick

Calvert, Albert Frederick

Alhambra (Granada, Spain); Islamic architecture -- Spain; Islamic decoration and ornament -- Spain

XII.     13   SPANDRIL OF AN ARCH OF WINDOW, HALL OF AMBASSADORS.

XIII.    14   BRACKETS SUPPORTING CEILING OF THE PORTICO, COURT OF
                  THE LIONS.

XIV.     15   SMALL PANEL IN JAMB OF A WINDOW, HALL OF AMBASSADORS.

XV.      16   SMALL PANEL IN JAMB OF A WINDOW, HALL OF AMBASSADORS.

XVI.     17   SMALL PANEL IN JAMB OF A WINDOW, HALL OF THE TWO
                  SISTERS.

XVII.    18   PANEL IN THE UPPER CHAMBER OF THE HOUSE OF SANCHEZ.

XVIII.   19   SOFFITT OF GREAT ARCH AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE COURT
                  OF THE FISH-POND.

XIX.     20  SPANDRIL FROM NICHE OF DOORWAY AT THE ENTRANCE OF
                 THE HALL OF AMBASSADORS, FROM THE HALL OF THE
                 BARK.

XX.      21  LINTEL OF A DOORWAY, COURT OF THE MOSQUE.

XXI.     22  CAPITAL OF COLUMNS, COURT OF THE LIONS.

XXI.     23  CAPITAL OF COLUMNS, COURT OF THE LIONS.

XXII.    24  CAPITAL OF COLUMNS, COURT OF THE LIONS.

XXII.    25  CAPITAL OF COLUMNS, COURT OF THE LIONS.

XXIII.   26  CAPITAL OF COLUMNS, COURT OF THE FISH-POND.

XXIII.   27  CAPITAL OF COLUMNS, COURT OF THE FISH-POND.

XXIV.    28  ORNAMENT ON THE WALLS OF THE WINDOWS OF “LINDA-RAJA’S”
                 BALCONY.

XXIV.    29  ORNAMENT ON THE WALLS OF THE WINDOWS OF “LINDA-RAJA’S”
                 BALCONY.

XXIV.    30  ORNAMENT ON THE WALLS OF THE WINDOWS OF “LINDA-RAJA’S”
                 BALCONY.

XXIV.    31  ORNAMENT ON THE WALLS OF THE WINDOWS OF “LINDA-RAJA’S”
                 BALCONY.

XXIV.    32  ORNAMENT ON THE WALLS OF THE WINDOWS OF “LINDA-RAJA’S”
                 BALCONY.

XXIV.    33  ORNAMENT ON THE WALLS OF THE WINDOWS OF “LINDA-RAJA’S”
                 BALCONY.

XXV.     34  COURT OF THE LIONS.

XXVI.    35  CAPITALS IN THE HALL OF TWO SISTERS.

XXVII.   36  DETAILS OF THE GREAT ARCHES IN THE HALL OF THE BARK.

XXVIII.  37  ARCHES, COURT OF THE LIONS AND HALL OF JUSTICE.

XXIX.    38  DETAILS OF THE GREAT ARCHES.

XXX.     39  FRETS FROM DIFFERENT HALLS.

XXXI.    40  DETAIL OF AN ARCH, COURT OF THE FISH-POND.

XXXII.   41  DETAIL OF AN ARCH, PORTICO OF THE COURT OF LIONS.

XXXIII.  42  CORNICE OF THE ROOF, COURT OF THE MOSQUE.

XXXIV.   43  DIVAN, COURT OF THE FISH-POND.

XXXV.    44  ACTUAL STATE OF THE COLOURS.

XXXVI.   45  WINDOWS IN THE ALCOVE, HALL OF THE TWO SISTERS.

XXXVII.    46  THE VASE.

XXXVIII.   47  DETAILS OF ONE OF THE ARCHES, HALL OF JUSTICE.

XXXIX.     48  DETAILS OF THE ARCHES, HALL OF THE ABENDERRAGES.

XL.        49  CENTRE PAINTING ON THE CEILING, HALL OF JUSTICE.

XLI.       50  MOSAIC DADO IN CENTRE WINDOW ON THE NORTH SIDE,
                   HALL OF AMBASSADORS.

XLII.      51  MOSAIC DADOS ON PILLARS BETWEEN THE WINDOWS, HALL
                   OF AMBASSADORS.

XLIII.     52  MOSAIC DADOS ON PILLARS BETWEEN THE WINDOWS, HALL
                   OF AMBASSADORS.

XLIV.      53  MOSAICS IN THE HALL OF THE TWO SISTERS.

XLV.       54  MOSAIC DADO ROUND THE INTERNAL WALLS OF THE MOSQUE.

XLVI.      55  AZULEJOS. PAINTED TILES.

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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

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