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The arts and crafts of older Spain (1907)

Williams, Leonard, 1871- · London [etc.] T.N. Foulis · leaf 126

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f the Hall of Ambassadors,in the mediaeval royal residence of Seville (Platesxi. and xii.), are quite the finest to be seen in Spain.Although a widespread superstition assigns theirmanufacture to a period close upon the Moorishconquest, it has been proved conclusively thatthey were made by Mudejar… … FURNITURE the prejudice with which we view his character, the Cruel, or the Just. ^ These doors, which under a pretence of restora-tion have been mutilated more than once, aremade of larch, and measure sixteen feet in heightby thirteen feet (including both the leaves) inwidth. The upper part of…

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