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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 134

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old the portico, unfolding every beauty.Indeed, had this palace no other ornament, it would still surpassthe firmament in splendour: For manifold are the gorgeous habilaments in which thou,O Sultan ! hast arrayed it, surpassing in brilliancy the lustrousrobes of Yemen ! To look at them, one would…

Alhambra (Granada, Spain) · Islamic architecture · Decoration and ornament, Arabic

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