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: FAÇADE OF THE MOSQUE.]
[Illustration: SECTION OF THE PAVILION IN THE COURT OF THE LIONS.]
[Illustration: DETAIL OF THE CENTRAL ARCH OF THE COURT OF THE LIONS.]
[Illustration: INTERIOR OF THE BALCONY OF LINDARAJA.]
[Illustration: TRANSVERSE SECTION OF THE MOSQUE.]
Index.
Frontispiece
Dedication
Preface, v., vii.
Preface To Second Edition
Introduction, xxv.-liv.
Abencerrages, 10, 103-112, 149, 150
Abou Hud, 22
Abu-l-hasen, King of Granada (father of Boabdil), 10, 14, 17, 18
Abu’ Abdillah (Boabdil), 10, 17, 18, 107, 108, 422
Acequia Court, 414.
Alcarraza, xxxvi.
Alcazába, xxxv.
Alfonso XIII., King of Spain, xxxi., 21
Alfonso the Wise, 449
Algibes, xxxv.
Alhama, 108
Alhambra:--Album, ix.;
Begun, 26;
Completed, 32;
Diagrams of Principle of Ornament, xlv.;
Exterior, 4;
Fire in the Hall of the Barque, viii.;
Frets, xli., xlii.;
Courts, Halls, and Towers of, 35;
Inscriptions, Mosaics, and Panels, xxxv., xxxvi.;
Miscellaneous Ornament, xlvii.;
Museum in the, 352-356; Ornament, xli.;
Pavements, xxxix., xl.;
Vases, 77, 95, 99;
Views of, 3, 5, 7.
_See_ also “List of Illustrations” in front of volume
Al-makkarí, xxx., xxxi., 439
Alonzo X., 26
Alonzo de Valiza, 401
Alonzo XI., 30, 31
Ambassadors, Hall of, 28, 244-304
“Andalus,” Etymology of, xxxi.
Andalusians, Superiority of, xxx.
_Antigüedades Arabes de España_, 20
Appendix, 449
Ayeshah, 10
Azulejo Tiles, xxxix.
Bacon, Lord, 13
Bádís Ibn Hábus, 430
Ballads:--Moresco-Spanish, 449;
The Flight from Granada, 451, 452;
The Death of Don Alonzo de Aguilar, 453, 455;
The Bull-Fight of Gazul, 455, 457;
The Bridal of Andalla, 457, 458;
Zara’s Ear-rings, 458, 459;
The Lamentation for Celin, 459, 460
Barnardo del Carpio, 450
Barque, Hall of the, 244
Bas-relief, 355
Baths, The, 28, 31, 324-327
Boabdil, _see_ Abu’ Abdillah
Cabra, Count of, 17
Campotejar, Marquis of, 422
Casa del Carbon, 430, 439
Casa del Gallo de Viento, 430
Casa Sanchez, 439
Casa Real, the Spanish name for the Alhambra, xxxii.
Cathedral of Granada, 13
Charcoal, House of, 430, 439
Charles V., xxxv., 19, 356, 364
Charles Martel, 2
Cid, The, “el Campeador,” 450
Cisterns, Place of the, xxxv., 356
Colours employed by the Moors, liii.
Columbus, 13
Contreras, Don Mariano, viii., xxxii.
Contreras, Don Raphaël, viii., ix., xxxii.
Conveyancing, Curious practice of, 401
Coppeé, Henry, xl.
Córdova, 4, 17
Cuarto Real, _see_ Generalife
D’Abrantes, Duke, 439
Darro, 10, 414
De Solis, Isabel, 8, 9
Dolgorouki, Prince, vii.
Dozy, Professor, ix., xxx., xl.
Elizabeth of Parma, 19, 335
English Elms at Granada, 35
Ez-zaghal, 10, 18
Ferdinand, the Saint, 23, 24, 26
Ferdinand VII., 35
Ferdinand and Isabella, 10, 13, 17, 18, 19, 422
Fernando of Talavera, Archbishop of Granada, 14
Fish-pond, Court of the, xxxv., 28, 32, 150, 191, 192, 195
Ford, Richard, ix., 13, 35, 401
Gayángos, Don Pascual de, ix., xxx., xxxi., xl., 323
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