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THE ALHAMBRA - Granada: ARABIAN ORNAMENTS


AN ARABIAN ORNAMENT AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE TOWER OF COMARES.
THE ground of the letters, in this plate, is blue; the ornament in the circle is also blue, and the principal lines are gold. This ornament occurs in the side of the door at the
entrance of the tower abovementioned. The translations .of
the inscriptions are as follow: on the left at the top, and on the right hand, at the bottom of this plate,-" The Kingdom is God's," on the right hand, at the top,-" The Power is God's." And on the left hand, at the bottom,-" Durability is God's."


ORNAMENT IN THE WALL AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE TOWER OF COMARES.
THE ground is light blue; the foliage, green; and the broad foliage, gold. The effect of the whole is superb.


A CEILING IN OUTLINE, IN THE TOWER OF COMARES.
THE wonderful combinations of the Arabian artists are here exhibited to great advantage: the inscriptions around the ceiling are the same which present themselves in other parts of the edifice, times without number: the circular ornaments disposed around the ceiling, are white upon a blue ground.


AN ARABIAN ORNAMENT IN THE TOWER OF COMARES.
THE dark shaded parts in this ornament are red; those marked thus IIII are red and white; the rest is white upon a light blue ground; and the effect of the whole is truly beautiful.



ORNAMENT IN THE GOLDEN SALOON, OR HALL OF AMBASSADORS.
THIS ornament occurs on the wall of the Golden Saloon; the ground of the inscriptions, which have already been repeatedly given, is light blue; some parts of the ornament are gilt, and others are coloured with vermillion.



ORNAMENTS IN THE SIDES OF WINDOWS, IN THE GOLDEN SALOON.
ALL these ornaments are gold, upon a light blue ground.



A PANNEL ORNAMENT AND ARABESQUE IN THE ALHAMRA.
Fig. 1. Is a pannel ornament, from the Golden Saloon, similar in execution to those
delineated in the immediately preceding plates.
Fig. 11. Is an elegant arabesque, copied from the side of a square fountain, placed against a wall in the AIhamra near the Torre de la Velha. The animals are lions, fawns, and badgers, executed in stucco, and in a style highly honourable to the Arabian artist.



A PANNEL ORNAMENT AND INSCRIPTIONS IN THE ALHAMRA.
Fig. 1. Is one balf of a pannel on tbe side of a door in tbe Court and Fountain of
Lions. Fig. 2. Is an inscription of very frequent occurrence in this edifice. The import of the middle compartment is: "Glory to our Lord the Sultiin .Abu Abdillah, son of our Lord the Sultan, Abu Hajjaj." The translation of the compartment at each end is, " .And there is no Conqueror hut God."
Fig. 3. Is an inscription, from the wall in the first court of ,he Moorish palace; tbe ground is wbite, and the letters are black. The transla,ion of the central compartment is, "Prosperity and power, and splendid ,victory to our Lord Abu Abdillah, commander of the Moslems." The sentence at each end is, "And there is no Conqueror but God."
Fig. 4. Is an inscription in the window in the middle of the Golden Saloon: the trans
lation of it is as follows. " There is no God but God, the Sovereign, the True, the Manifest. Muhammad is the just, the faithful, messenger of God. I flee to God for protcction from Satan, the pelted with stones. In the name of God, the merciful, the forgiving: there is no God but He, the living, the eternal: sleep nor slumber seizetb Him. To Him (beloogeth) whatever is in the heavens, and .. hatever is in the earth: who is there who sball intercede witb Him except by His permission? He knowetb what is before them and what is behind them; and they comprehend not of His wisdom, except what He pleaseth: He hath extended His throne, the heavens and the earth; the protection of which incommodeth Him not: and, he is the exalted, the great! There is no forcing in the faith: truly, righteousness is distinguished from error. He, therefore, who disbelievcth in (the idol) Tagut, and believeth in God, hath taken hold of a sure handle, which cannot be broken. God heareth, knoweth, The truth of God!

This inscription consists of various detached sentences and verses from the Koran; so that, notwithstanding part of it is obliterated, as expressed in our engraving, the deficiency, supplied by referring to that book. The foliage in the centre of this inscription is ,very elegant.

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