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Artist
- Name:
- Murphy, James Cavanah
- Dates:
- 1760-1814
- Country:
- Ireland
Illustration
- Subject:
- Ornaments & patterns
- Technique:
- Metal engraving
- Engraver:
- Shury, John
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- The Getty Research Institute, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- The Arabian antiquities of Spain
- Author(s):
- Horne, Thomas Hartwell
- Publisher:
- London: Cadell & Davies, 1813
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
Decoration showing geometric motifs, calligraphy, and interlace. This and the next plate (not online yet) are commented as follows by the author:
The ground of these ornaments is light blue in the broad parts, and red in the narrow parts. The inscriptions in Cufic characters are,
Glory to our Lord the Sultān, Abū Abdillāh.
Keywords: 1810s, 19th century, Alhambra, black & white, Europe, geometric, interlacing, Islamic, Moorish, Spain
