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 78
URRENDER OF THEFORTRESS IN I492. The fact is recorded in a Gothic inscription formerly placedover a cistern constructed at the command of that Governor,but now on a wall just within the Gate of Justice. Theletters are incised upon a large marble tablet. * The Conde de Tendilla, the first Alcayde of… … The Alhambra. 17 The following is a translation of the inscription : The most high, most Catholic, and most powerful lords,Don Fernando and Dona Isabel, our King and Queen, conqueredby force of arms this Kingdom and city of Granada, which,after their highnesses had besieged it in person for a…
