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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 178

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(97) The Alhambra. 99 to eljarro, formerly existed in the Palace, but it was unfortunatelybroken about the year 1837, ar,d the pieces sold to a passingtraveller. It is here figured from Murphys Arabian Antiquities,1815. … AN ARAB VASE OF THE XIVTH CENTURY IN THE NICHE WHEREIN IT STOODUNTIL THE YEAR 1837. The Hall of The Two Sisters fairly intoxicates one with thefragile yet imperishable beauty of the place. The eye soarsupward, and flutters in and out of those flower-cup cells whichseem the first creative types of…

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

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