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
[Illustration: HALL OF AMBASSADORS.]
[Illustration: ENTRANCE TO THE HALL OF THE BARQUE, THE ANTE-ROOM OF THE
HALL OF AMBASSADORS, WITH VIEW OF THE COURT OF THE FISH-POND.
(_From a drawing made about 1830_).]
[Illustration: PLATE LXV.
No. 78.
From the centre arch of the Court of Lions.
No. 79.
From the entrance to the Divan, Hall of the Two Sisters.
Spandrils of Arches.]
[Illustration: PLATE LXVI.
No. 80.
Details of the wood-work of the door to the Hall of Abencerrages.]
[Illustration: PLATE LXVII.
No. 81.
No. 82.
Spandrils of Arches, Hall of Justice.]
[Illustration: PLATE LXVIII.
No. 83.
Ornaments on the walls of the Hall of the Ambassadors.]
[Illustration: PLATE LXIX.
No. 84.
From the entrance to the Court of Lions from the Court of the Fish
Ponds.
No. 85.
From the entrance to the Court of the Fish Ponds from the Hall of the
Bark.
Spandrils of Arches.]
[Illustration: PLATE LXX.
No. 86.
No. 87.
No. 88.
No. 89.
No. 90.
No. 91.
No. 92.
Mosaics from the Hall of Ambassadors, Hall of Two Sisters, and Hall of
Justice.]
[Illustration: PLATE LXXI.
No. 93.
Plaster Ornaments, used as upright and horizontal bands enclosing panels
on the walls.]
[Illustration: PLATE LXXII.
No. 94.
No. 95.
No. 96.
No. 97.
No. 98.
No. 99.
No. 100.
Mosaics from the Hall of Ambassadors, Hall of Two Sisters, Hall of
Justice, and Court of the Fish Pond.]
[Illustration: PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE HALL OF AMBASSADORS.]
[Illustration: SECTION AND ELEVATION OF THE INTERIOR OF THE HALL OF
AMBASSADORS.]
[Illustration: DETAIL IN THE HALL OF AMBASSADORS.]
[Illustration: KUFIC INSCRIPTIONS, HALL OF AMBASSADORS.]
[Illustration: MOSAIC ON DADO OF BALCONY HALL OF AMBASSADORS]
[Illustration: ORNAMENT FROM THE SIDE OF A WINDOW, HALL OF
AMBASSADORS.]
[Illustration: MURAL ORNAMENT, ENTRANCE TO THE HALL OF AMBASSADORS.]
[Illustration: ORNAMENT AT THE SIDE OF DOORWAY, ENTRANCE TO THE HALL OF
AMBASSADORS.]
[Illustration: PLATE LXXIII.
No. 101.
Panels on walls, Tower of the Captive.]
[Illustration: PLATE LXXIV.
No. 102.
Blank window, Hall of the Bark.]
[Illustration: PLATE LXXV.
No. 103.
Rafters of a roof over a doorway now destroyed beneath the Tocador de la
Reyna.]
[Illustration: PLATE LXXVI.
No. 104
Band at springing of arch at the entrance of Hall of the Two Sisters
from the Court of Lions.]
[Illustration: PLATE LXXVII.
No. 105.
Panelling of the centre recess, Hall of Ambassadors.]
[Illustration: PLATE LXXVIII.
No. 106.
Part of ceiling of the Portico of the Court of the Fish Pond.]
[Illustration: PLATE LXXIX.
No. 107.
Blank window, Hall of the Bark.]
[Illustration: PLATE LXXX.
No. 108.
Ornaments on the walls, House of Sanchez.]
[Illustration: AN ARABIAN ORNAMENT, HALL OF AMBASSADORS.]
[Illustration: AN ARABIAN ORNAMENT, ENTRANCE TO THE HALL OF
AMBASSADORS.]
[Illustration: INSCRIPTIONS AND ORNAMENT, HALL OF AMBASSADORS.]
[Illustration: ORNAMENT FROM THE SIDE OF A WINDOW, HALL OF
AMBASSADORS.]
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