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THE ALHAMBRA - Granada:
ARABIAN VASES AND NICHES |
ARABIAN VASES AND NICHES, PRESERVED IN THE ALHAMRA.
THESE precious memorials of Arabian skill and taste, were
discovered in the vaults beneath the royal apartments, contiguous
to the Plaza de los Algibes, or Square of the Cisterns. They are of
porcelain richly enamelled with gold and azure foliages and characters:
the vase in Plate XL VII I. is further decorated with two antelopes.
The inscription on the vase, delineated in Plate XLVII. is the same
which occurs, times without number, in every part of the edifice:
viz. Wa la ghalib illah llah, that is, " And there is no Conqueror
but God." The inscriptions on the vase in Plate XLVIII. are one
sentence frequently repeated: but as the discriminative points are
invariably omitted, this sentence cannot be determined with certainty.
Perhaps it may be la amthalan lahu,-" (fhere are) no likenesses
to Him".
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CarMalaga.Com Tip: The Golden
Saloon |
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this noble hall is through an arched door-way, admirably finished,
and embellished with flowers and arabesques in stucco: they were blue
and gold, but the gilding is now almost entirely effaced. From this
entrance our view was taken, as affording the best view of this "
Proud Saloon," as the Arabian writers term it, and which is admirably
adapted to the display of Moorish grandeur. Over the principal door
is an Arabic inscription, which appears to have been executed in a
style corresponding to the splendour of the rest of the edifice: it
is taken, with the exception of the concluding sentence, from the
Koran, Sura, (or chapter) 91, Ayat (or verse) 1-7. "By the sun
and its " rising brightness; by the moon, when she followeth
him; " by the day, when he sheweth his splendour; by the night,
" when it covereth him with darkness; by the heaven, and "
him who created it; by the earth, and him who spread " it forth;
by the soul, and him who completely formed " it; there is no
other God but God. "', On each side of this door is a small niche,
in which the Moors left their babouches or slippers, before they entered
the royal presence: these niches an: likewise decorated with their
respective inscriptions. |
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