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 589
than thecarving; at all events, stags are animals connected by theOrientals with the fountain—As the hart panteth for the 356 The Alhambra. water-brooks—and the Spanish Moors, among other depar-tures from strict Moslem rules, did not reject either paintingsor carvings of living objects. The… … PALACE OF CHARLES V. Cisterns—is an isolated Moorish tower called La Torre del Vino,built in 1345, by Yusuf I., and remarkable for its exquisite arch,called the Wine Gate (see page 133). Opposite is the largePalace begun by Charles V., great in conception and impotentin conclusion, unfurnished and…
