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The Alhambra Court in the Crystal Palace (1854)

Jones, Owen, 1809-1874 · London : Crystal Palace Library and Bradbury & Evans · leaf 62

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THE ALHAMBRA COURT. 60 founder’s shield on the raised panels form the word “Grace” in Cufic characters, twice written, so as to … Diaper. cipal entrance into the Court of the Lions, except that it is at the end instead of, as here, at the side. The form of the stalactite arch, and the diaper pattern over it especially, suggest very much the idea of the tent origin of the architecture of the Moors. The diaper recalls the woven…

Alhambra (Granada, Spain) · Crystal Palace (Sydenham, London, England) · Islamic architecture -- Exhibitions · Exhibition buildings -- England -- London · Arkitektur -- Spanien

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