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 67
4 The Alhambra. greatest civilisation. If the superb remains of Moslem monu-ments in Spain ; if the Mosque of Cordova, the Alcazar ofSeville, and the Alhambra of Granada still bear inscriptionsfondly vaunting the power and permanency of the dominion ofthe Moor ; can the boast be derided as arrogant… … PART OF THE ALHAMBRA, EXTERIOR. Southern part of the Peninsula was the great battle-groundwhere the Gothic conquerors of the North, and the Moslemconquerors of the East, met and strove for mastery; the fierycourage of the Arab being at length subdued by the obstinateand persevering valour of the…
