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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 52

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

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