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 348
GENERAL VIEW OF THE COURT OF THE LIONS. (203) The Alhambra. 205 the basins, once issued from the mouths of the lions to a largereservoir, whence it was conveyed to the apartments of thePalace. Notwithstanding that these lions exhibit the want ofdevelopment in the art of sculpture amongst the Arabs,… … LITTLE TEMPLE IN THE COURT OF FOUNTAIN IN THE COURT OF THE LIONS. THE LIONS. authoritative. The verses, which may, perhaps, consist oftwelve or so, are couched in the usual double-shotted languageof the Oriental. Two or three are subjoined : Blessed be He who gave the Imam Mohammed a mansionwhich…
