prisoner, the captive monarch was dressed in black velvet,in token of his adverse fortune and defeat. Herode a richly caparisoned charger, whose coat wasblack and glossy. The Moors regarded green or white as pleasantand well-omened colours, symbolic of the angelsand of all good fortune. Perhaps… … THE TUNIC OF BOABDIL EL CHICO{National Museum of Artillery, Madrid) TEXTILE FABRICS colour adopted by the Abbaside Sultans, to whomIbn-Hud was subject. Under the Beni-Nasr andBeni-Alahmar, this gloomy hue was changed, aswe have seen, to purple or to scarlet, though blackcontinued to be used in…
Decorative arts -- Spain History
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