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Granada, present and bygone (1908)

Calvert, Albert Frederick, 1872-1946, Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine), 1867-1928 · London : J. M. Dent & co. · leaf 165

An illustration from Granada, present and bygone, 1908, leaf 165
Charles V. of which is painted with little gold stars on a blueground. At each end of this gallery we find analhami or alcove, where the Moors were accustomedto laze away the day extended on rush carpets anddivans. The walls of these little places are adorned. THE ALHAMBRA 129 like the rest of the… … The Gate of Justice by the little niches or hahncheros—places for de-positing slippers—to be seen in the arches here andin other parts of the palace. Certain authorities,however, are of opinion that these were niches forwater vessels. Here, as everywhere else in the Alhambra, in-scriptions…

Cano, Alonso, 1601-1667 · Alhambra (Granada, Spain) · Architecture -- Spain Granada · Granada (Spain) -- Description and travel · Granada (Spain) -- History

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