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THE ALHAMBRA - Granada: CUFIC Inscriptions

CUFIC INSCRIPTIONS IN THE GOLDEN SALOON, OR HALL OF AMBASSADORS.
Translation of these Inscriptions.
IN the centre is the common motto of the edifice-" And there is no Conqueror but God." It is in letters about sixteen inches high, in the frieze over the upper windows in the Golden Saloon. The letters are white; the ornament, light blue; and the back ground is vermillion. The foliage is that of the T ribulus terrestris L. or small caltrops, a plant indigenous in Spain; and the effect of the whole is very rich and beautiful. The inscription at the right hand extremity of the plate is---" Praise to God fOr the blessing qf Islamism!" That, on the end to the left, is-" Praise to God alonePraise to God!"
The lines at the top and bottom of the plate, consist of six verses, forming the poem which surround~d the throne of the empire in the Golden Saloon. For a translation of this poem, see the " History of the Mahometan Empire in Spain ".

CUFIC INSCRIPTIONS, AND ORNAMENT, IN THE GOLDEN SALOON.
THE ornament in the centre, is of a similar description with some of those delineated in the preceding plates: the translations of the inscriptions are as follow.
At the top, on the left hand-" The power (belongs) to God. " The inscription at the top, on the right hand, is
doubtful, and is perhaps to be read different ways, " To Him," that is, to God.
At the bottom, on the left hand side,-" Glory to our Lord the Sultan Abu Abdillah Alghani Billah!" And at the bottom, on the right hand side, is---" God is the best protection: and He is the Merciful, the Forgiving. God, the Almighty, hath truly said."

CUFIC INSCRIPTIONS IN THE GOLDEN SALOON.
Translations.
On the lower edge of the first scroll,-" 0 God, Thine the praise for ever! 0 God, and Thine the thanks for ever!" On the upper and lower edge of the second scroll, regarding it on either side, may be read alike, "0 God, Thine the praise (for ever, 0 God!)" There is, however, some doubt as to the correctness of the words included in the parenthesis in this second scroll.
On the lower edge of the third or last scroll,-" Praise to God for the blessing of Islamism !".

THE FIRST SIX VERSES OF THE INSCRIPTION ON THE BASON OF THE FOUNTAIN OF LIONS.
FOR a view of the Bason of the Lions' Fountain, see Plates XXXIV. and XXXV. For an entire translation of these inscriptions, see the" History of the Mahometan Empire in Spain". The characters of these, as well as of the following incriptions, are Cufic, and of the most elegant forms.

CUFIC INSCRIPTIONS IN THE TOWER OF COMARES.
THE first four lines in this plate are the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth verses of the Arabian poem; which is given in the " History of the Mahometan Empire in Spain". The inscription itself occurs on the south side of the Golden Saloon, or Hall of Ambassadors. The last three lines are the second, third, and sixth verses of the poem, No. 13 in the same Appendix, page xvi. They have been copied from the space over the resemblances of two windows in an alcove on the outside of the Tower of Comares.

PANNEL ORNAMENTS AND INSCRIPTIONS IN THE HALL OF THE TWO SISTERS.
MISCELLANEOUS PARTS AND ORNAMENTS IN THE ALHAMRA.
THESE are copied from various parts of this noble palace, and will convey to the eye a better idea of the minute and diversified elegance which characterizes its almost innumerable ornaments. The line of Arabian ciphers is particularly interesting, as exhibiting the primitive forms of those figures, for which we are indebted to the Spanish Arabs.

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