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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 185

An illustration from Granada, present and bygone, 1908, leaf 185
right graceful archeslead to alcoves rather more shut-off than in the otherrooms. Above each arch (there is one in each wall)is a window from which those in the upper storeycould once look down. The roof, pierced with sixteenwindows, is of the same wondrous stalactite character,and exhibits the… … Side Entrance to the Mihrab and Distant View of the Generalife 148 GRANADA is the intricate lace-work of stucco, which covers thesurface of the walls above the brilliantly-coloureddado. The inscriptions on the sixteen medaUions andcartouches constitute a long poem by Ibn Zamrek,composed in praise…

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

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