Williams, Leonard, b. 1871 · London [etc.] : T.N. Foulis · leaf 255
Perfect blessing. Completehappiness. Mussulman historians have described, in termsof cloying praise, the red gold animals contrivedwith subtle skill and spread with precious stones which Abderrahman placed at Cordova upon the 1 Swinburne fell into a comical error concerning these. In thecentre of… … BRONZE STAG(Moorish. Museum of Cordova) BRONZES fountains of his palaces. Rivers of waterissued from the mouth of every animal, andfell into a jasper basin. The words red goldare patently an oriental term for bronze. Inview of this, and of the fact that the lion ofPalencia is hollow-bellied, with…
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