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THE ALHAMBRA - Granada: Elevation of the ancient GATE OF JUDGMENT

IN this plate we have a nearer view of this noble gate of entrance, and are better enabled to examine its ornaments. The mosaic tiling at the top is about three feet four inches high, and of a pattern that is frequently to be seen in the Alhamra. The inscription beneath it is in flourished Cufic characters, and consists of the motto, twice repeated, which occurs in almost every part of the edifice, viz. Wa la ghalib illah-llah, that is, " And there is no Conqueror but God."
Beneath this inscription, upon the key-stone of the arch (which is the second or inner arch of the gate), is sculptured a key, a favourite symbol with the Moslems. The Koran frequently mentions the Key '!fGod, which opens to believers the gates of the world and of religion. M. Peyron has remarked, that the key, among the Mussulmen, is nearly the same as the cross among Christians,-a principal sign or badge of their faith. Among the Arabians it had functions and power, similar to those attributed to it by the members of the Roman Catholic Church: namely, that of binding and loosening, of opening and shutting, the gates of heaven.
As the key in the scriptures is considered as an emblem of power (see Isa. xxii. 22, with Rev. i. 18, and iii. 7), Pedraza thinks it was therefore adopted as an armorial ensign; and that, in conjunction with the hand, which is seen conspicuously in Plate XVI. it was sculptured on the gate by order of Abu-l-Hajjaj, to denote concord, or union and power.
The door of this gate is of palm-tree wood, with iron bolts; and the capitals of the columns are executed in the same style as those which appear in the Lions' Court. An enlarged view of one of these entablatures is given infra, in Plate XXXVII.

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