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The Arabian antiquities of Spain

Murphy, James Cavanah, 1760-1814 · 1815 · London, Cadell & Davies · 29 pictures

The Arabian Antiquities of Spain, published in London by Cadell & Davies in 1815, was written by the architect James Cavanah Murphy for an audience of European antiquarians and architects. Its plates record Moorish buildings at Granada's Alhambra and Córdoba's mosque, with engraved colonnades, arches and tiled wall panels drawn in careful linear detail; a designer could take from them the interlaced star-and-polygon patterns, horseshoe arcades and carved capitals of Islamic ornament.

Alhambra (Granada, Spain) · Catedral (Córdoba, Spain) · Islamic art · Islamic architecture · Islamic decoration and ornament · Architecture · Architecture -- Spain · Granada (Spain) -- Buildings, structures, etc · Córdoba (Spain) -- Buildings, structures, etc · Granada (Spain) -- Antiquities · Córdoba (Spain) -- Antiquities · Spain

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