Pateo del Agua in the Alhambra - Granada, Spain

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THE ALHAMBRA - Granada: Elevation of an Alcove on the PATEO DEL AGUA

THE tasteful ornaments and elegant fonn of the Cufic characters, which could not be distinctly exhibited in the preceding plates, are here displayed to the greatest advantage. The mosaics, which are in excellent preservation, must have been extremely beautiful in the time of the Moors.
The walls of the alcoves in the Court of the Pateo del Agua present various effusions of the muse, which have been inscribed by. different travellers, and which of course vary in style and execution. The following is the best of these votive offerings, and was transcribed verbatim by the author of the present work, on the 20th of July, 1802, from the wall of one of the alcoves:

" When these fam'd walls did Pagan rites admit,
Here reign'd un rivalI' d breeding, science, wit.
Christ's standard came, the Prophet's flag assail'd,
And fix't true worship where the false prevail'd:
And, such the zeal its pious followers bore,
Wit, science, breeding, perished with the Moor."

Happily for the honourable author of this severe but just censure on the furious bigotry of the Spaniards, it was written in English. Had the reverend fathers of the Holy Inquisition been apprised of its tendency, it is more than probable that the preceding honest effusion of his indignation would have procured him the favour of a residence (for some time at least) within the walls of that merciful tribunal.

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The grand entrance into 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 Saloon. 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, "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.

	More about the Alhambra
The Alhambra at Granada The Royal Palace The Alhambra fortress Plan of the Royal Palace Main entrance The Judgment Gate Elevation of the ancient Gate of the Judgment The Judgment Gate Porch Section of the Gate of the Judgment, Puerta del Vino and the Great Cistern The Baths Small Portico and Pateo del Agua The Court and Fountain of Lions perspective Elevation of the Fountain of Lions Plan of the bason of the Fountain of Lions - Side Elevation - Entablature of the Court of the Lions Two Sisters hall The Abencerrages hall Golden Saloon Section and Elevation of the interior of the Golden Saloon Moorish battle-piece Paintings in the Alhambra Arabian vases and niches Mosaics Arabian Ornaments Cufic Inscriptions Columns, capitals and cornices Royal Villa of Generalife view The Generalife Portico of the Generalife front view A Generalife Garden perspective view The Casa de Carbon

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