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 102
rits close atten-tion, as giving the veritable costume of the Moors in Granadaof the fourteenth century, at which period the delineations werecertainly made, and, in all probability, by an Italian artistworking under Moslem direction. Other paintings portrayvarious chivalrous or amatory subjects ;… … The Alhambra. 4i coercing a Christian maiden, who, nevertheless, is holding adocile lion by a leading chain; the compliant animal meanwhilepermitting domestic fowl and other pretty wantons to playundismayed around him. A Christian warrior on horsebackmakes short work of the wild man ; but, alas !…
