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 660
(423) CEILING IN THE GENERALIFE. … (427) The Generalife. 429 colle and almaqu, i.e., size mixed with a reddish earth, andrendered obnoxious to insects. The black lines which orna-ment the wood-work are believed to have been traced with ahot iron.