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
_Specially drawn for Mʳ Albert F. Calvert’s book on the Alhambra, from
measurements by the late M. Jules Goury_]
[Illustration: GROUND-FLOOR PLAN OF THE ALHAMBRA, AND OF THE FOUNDATIONS
OF THE PALACE OF CHARLES V.]
[Illustration: PLAN OF THE PALACE OF CHARLES V., AND OF THE
SUBTERRANEOUS VAULTS OF THE ALHAMBRA.]
[Illustration: HALL OF JUSTICE.]
[Illustration: SUNK LINES ON THE WALLS, HALL OF JUSTICE AND COURT OF THE
LIONS.]
[Illustration: FRIEZE IN THE HALL OF THE TWO SISTERS.]
[Illustration: PANEL ON JAMBS OF DOORWAYS, HALL OF THE TWO SISTERS.]
[Illustration: ORNAMENT IN PANELS, HALL OF THE BARQUE.]
[Illustration: ORNAMENT IN PANELS, HALL OF AMBASSADORS.]
[Illustration: CORNICE OVER COLUMNS, COURT OF THE LIONS.]
[Illustration: FRIEZE OVER COLUMNS, COURT OF THE LIONS.]
[Illustration: BAND ROUND PANELS IN WINDOWS, HALL OF THE TWO SISTERS.]
[Illustration: PANELLING IN WINDOWS, HALL OF AMBASSADORS.]
[Illustration: ORNAMENT IN PANELS, COURT OF THE MOSQUE.]
[Illustration: ORNAMENTS AT THE JUNCTIONS OF INSCRIPTIONS, COURT OF THE
LIONS AND COURT OF THE FISH-POND.]
[Illustration: SUNK LINES ON THE WALLS, HOUSE OF THE COMMANDANT.]
[Illustration: ORNAMENT IN PANELS, HALL OF AMBASSADORS.]
[Illustration: DETAILS OF THE ORNAMENTS WHICH ARE INTRODUCED INTO THE
PAINTING OVER THE CENTRE ALCOVE OF THE HALL OF JUSTICE. THESE ORNAMENTS,
BEING OF A STRICTLY MOORISH CHARACTER, STRONGLY SUPPORT THE OPINION THAT
THE PAINTINGS ON THE CEILINGS OF THE ALCOVES OF THE HALL OF JUSTICE ARE
THE WORK OF MOORISH ARTISTS.]
[Illustration: DETAILS AND ARABIAN INSCRIPTIONS.]
[Illustration: DETAILS OF ARABIAN WORK.]
[Illustration: DETAILS, AND INSCRIPTIONS, AND ARABIAN CHAPITERS.]
[Illustration: DETAILS OF ARABIAN WORK.]
The Generalife.
The Generalife is called by the Spaniards _Cuarto Real_, signifying a
diminutive royal palace--an appanage, or “fourth part” of the Alhambra.
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