64 GRANADA 



the Merciful, the Compassionate . . ." may still 

 be made out. 



The bath itself, the various chambers of repose 

 and disrobing, the usual alhamies, can also be 

 traced. 



The old Moorish mint was demolished in 1643, 

 and the famous Gate of Bivarrambla can no 

 longer be described in any sense as a Moham- 

 medan work. 



The effacement of the Moorish character of 

 Granada, as compared with its survival in Seville, 

 serves to show how much more intense the 

 religious and racial bias became in Spain 

 during the two hundred and odd years that 

 elapsed between the conquests of the two cities. 

 The spirit in which St. Ferdinand, Alfonso el 

 Sabio, and Pedro I. approached the works of 

 their Mohammedan foes and subjects presented 

 a very favourable contrast to that manifested 

 by the Catholic sovereigns, Charles V. and 

 Philip II. 



