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
MISCELLANEOUS ORNAMENT IN THE ALHAMBRA xlvii.
CORNICES, CAPITALS, AND COLUMNS IN THE ALHAMBRA xlix.
CAPITALS FROM THE COURTS AND HALLS OF THE ALHAMBRA li.
VIEW OF GRANADA, SHOWING THE ALHAMBRA AND THE SIERRA NEVADA 2
GENERAL VIEW OF THE ALHAMBRA FROM SAN NICOLAS 3
PART OF THE ALHAMBRA, EXTERIOR 4
THE ALHAMBRA AND THE SIERRA NEVADA 5
ASCENT TO THE ALHAMBRA BY THE CUESTA DEL REY CHICO--LESSER
KING HILL 7
BALCONY OF THE “CAPTIVE” (ISABEL DE SOLIS), OVERLOOKING THE
VEGA, OR PLAIN, OF GRANADA 8
ALCOVE OF THE “CAPTIVE” 9
INTERIOR OF THE “CAPTIVE’S” TOWER 11
THE GOTHIC INSCRIPTION SET UP IN THE ALHAMBRA BY THE COUNT OF
TENDILLA, TO COMMEMORATE THE SURRENDER OF THE FORTRESS
IN 1492 14
THE SURRENDER OF GRANADA BY BOABDIL TO FERDINAND AND ISABELLA,
JANUARY 2ND, 1492 15
GOLD COIN (OBVERSE AND REVERSE) OF MOHAMMED I., THE FOUNDER
OF THE ALHAMBRA, WHO REIGNED 1232-1272 A.D. 21
“WA LA GHALIB ILA ALÁ!”--THERE IS NO CONQUEROR BUT GOD!--THE
FAMOUS MOTTO, IN KUFIC CHARACTERS, OF MOHAMMED I. AND
HIS SUCCESSORS, WHICH IS INSCRIBED ON THE WALLS OF THE
ALHAMBRA IN COUNTLESS REPETITION 25, 51
THE WINE GATE, ATTRIBUTED TO YÚSUF I. 29
HALL OF THE TWO SISTERS FROM THE ENTRANCE DOOR, BUILT BY
YÚSUF I. 30
THE SULTÁN’S BATH, CONSTRUCTED BY YÚSUF I. 31
COURT OF MYRTLES, OR OF THE FISH-POND, FORMED BY YÚSUF I. 32
THE KORÁN RECESS IN THE MOSQUE, THE SCENE OF YÚSUF’S
ASSASSINATION 33
THE GATE OF JUSTICE, ERECTED BY YÚSUF I. 37
HALL OF JUSTICE AND COURT OF THE LIONS 39
HALL OF JUSTICE 41, 43
HALL OF JUSTICE, SHOWING FOUNTAIN OF COURT OF THE LIONS 42
HALL OF JUSTICE AND PART OF COURT OF THE LIONS 45
HALL OF JUSTICE.--THREE FIGURES FROM THE PICTURE OF THE MOORISH
TRIBUNAL 45
PART OF PICTURE IN THE HALL OF JUSTICE REPRESENTING A CHRISTIAN
KNIGHT RESCUING A MAIDEN FROM A WICKED MAGICIAN, OR
WILD-MAN-O’-THE-WOODS. THE CHRISTIAN KNIGHT IS, IN TURN,
SLAIN BY A MOORISH WARRIOR 47
HALL OF JUSTICE.--MOOR’S HEAD 48
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