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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 564

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THE GARDEN OF LINDARAJA. (329) The Alhambra. 331 erroneously pointed out as the residence of Washington Irvingduring his abode in the Palace in 1829. His apartments were,however, in the Mihrab Tower, now known as the Tocador dela Rein a. TOCADOR DE LA REINA—THE QUEENSDRESSING-ROOM—so called by the… … MOSAIC PAVEMENT IN THE QUEENS DRESSING-ROOM(TOCADOR DE LA reina). in part, modernised and painted in arabesque by Charles V.In a corner is a marble slab drilled with holes, through which,it is said, perfumes were wafted while the Queen was dressing. It is not unimportant to locate precisely the…

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

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