The Alhambra, being a brief record of the Arabian conquest of the Peninsula (1907)
Calvert, Albert Frederick, 1872-1946 · London, John Lane; New York, John Lane company · leaf 100
ven to Allah ! I will remove all the effects of anEvil Eye upon our master Yusuf. The Alhambra. 37 sion, that the Christians would never take the red castle untilthe outer hand had grasped the inner key. It was also agreedthat the key was an emblem of the Prophets power to open thegates of hell or… … THE GATE OF JUSTICE, ERECTED BY YUSUF I. Washington Irving says of these strange symbols : Accord-ing to tradition, the hand and key were magical devices onwhich the fate of the Alhambra depended. The Moorish kingwho built it was a great magician, or, as some believed, hadsold himself to the devil,…
