ILLUSTRATIONS xxxi 



TITLE PLATE 



Detail of the only ancient " Jalousie " remaining in 



the Alhambra ....... 293 



El Jarro. Arab Vase now in the Museum of the Palace 294 

 El Jarro. The Arabian Vase and Niche in which it 



formerly stood, Hall of the Two Sisters . .295 

 An Arab Vase of the Fourteenth Century in the Niche 



wherein it stood until the Year 1837 . . . 296 

 Sword of the last Moorish King of Granada, commonly 



called " The Sword of Boabdil " . . . .297 



The Surrender of Granada by Boabdil to Ferdinand 



and Isabella, January 2, 1492 .... 298 



Gold Coin (obverse and reverse) of Mohammed I., the 

 Founder of the Alhambra, who reigned 1232-1272 

 A.D. . . . . . . . . 299 



Details and Inscriptions, and Arabian Capitals . .300 

 The Gothic Inscription set up in the Alhambra by the 

 Count of Tendilla, to commemorate the Surrender 

 of the Fortress in 1492 . . . . .301 



Mosaic Pavement in the Queen's Dressing-room (To- 

 cador de la Reyna). Mosaic, from a Fragment in 

 the Alhambra ....... 302 



The House of Carbon ...... 303 



The ancient Granary Market and House of Carbon . 304 

 Elevation of the Casa del Carbon, or House of 

 Carbon, once known as the House of the Weather- 

 cock ........ 305 



Courtyard of a Moorish House in the Albaicin . . 306 

 Interior of an Arab House in the Albaicin . . . 307 

 The Proclamation of Boabdil. By Placido Frances 



(National Exhibition of Beaux Arts, 1884) . . 308 

 The Author in the Alhambra ..... 309 



Cornices, Capitals, and Columns in the Alhambra. . 310 

 Miscellaneous Ornament in the Alhambra . . .311 

 The Fable of Jupiter and Leda in the Alhambra . .312 

 Bas-relief, now in the Museum of the Alhambra . -313 

 Arabian Sword . . . . . . .314 



Capitals from the Courts and Halls of the Alhambra . 315 



