Calvert, Albert Frederick, 1872-1946, Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine), 1867-1928 · London : J. M. Dent & co. · leaf 212
i 1 !■ ■ t The Cypress of the Sultanain the Generalife i68 GRANADA of the four duties of the Mushm—to pray, to fast,to give alms, and to make the pilgrimage to Mecca.Set further back in the tower is a smaller arch, overwhich is seen a rudely carved key. This was afavourite religious emblem of the… … Generalife. Tlie Sultanas Cypress is believed to have s3mibolised the power of Godto unlock the heart or some other attribute of theDivinity. There was a silly legend to the effect thatthe Alhambra would be lost only when the handgrasped the key—a tradition probably of Christianinvention. The…
