ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATE NO.

View of the City and the Bridge south of the Guadalquivir,1

The Bridge,2

View of Mosque and Bridge,3

The Iron Mill on the Guadalquivir,4

Promenade of ‘Grand Capitaine,’5

Market Street, or Calle de la Feria,6

Plaza del Triunfo and exterior of the Mosque,7

Entrance Gate of the City, the Column of Triumph, and the Mosque from the Bridge,8

The Column of Triumph,9

Ancient Arab Tower, now the Church of St. Nicholas de la Villa,10

The Tower of San Nicolas,11

Tower of the Cathedral and Patio de Los Naranjos,12

View of the Patio de Los Naranjos,13

The Tower of the Cathedral,14

Entrance to the City from the Bridge,15

Public Fountain in the Patio de Los Naranjos,16

Women at the Spring,17

Well in the Patio de Los Naranjos,18

Peasant with his Donkey,19

A Water-Carrier,20

The Poor Man’s Meal,21

Muleteers,22

A Gardener,23

Girl with a Guitar,24

A Room in the Provincial Museum: View of the Roman and Visigoth Section,25

A Room in the Provincial Museum: View of the Arab Section,26

Door of the House of the Innocents,27

The Door of Don Jerónimo Páez,28

The Door of the Foundling Hospital,29

The Tower of Carrahoe,30

Porch of St. Paul,31

Ancient Arab Walls,32

Mosaics of the Four Seasons in the House of S.S. Lugue, Plaza de la Compania,33

Architectural Parts of the Catholic Basilicas,34

Capitals and Fragments of Ornamentation in the Mosque,35

Architectural Parts of the Catholic Basilicas and other constructions,36

Capitals of the Catholic Basilicas preserved in the Mosque, now the Cathedral,37

Fragments of the Catholic Basilicas preserved in the Mosque, now the Cathedral,38

General View of the Choir and High Altar,39

Pulpit and Steps of the High Altar,40

Choir Stalls in the Mosque or Cathedral,41

Left Side of the Choir Stalls,42

General View of the Choir in the Mosque, or Cathedral,43

The Bishop’s Stall in the Choir of the Mosque, or Cathedral,44

Central Nave in the Cathedral,45

Central Nave in the Cathedral,46

Central Nave in the Cathedral,47

Plan of the Mosque in the time of the Arabs,48

Plan of the Mosque at the present time,49

The Bishop’s Gate,50

Entrance to the Mosque, called the Gate of Camónigos,51

The Tower of La Mala Muerte,52

The Cathedral: View of the Transverse Nave,53

North Angle of the Chapel of Villaviciosa,54

The Central Nave of the Mosque,55

The Gate of Pardon,56

The Gate of Pardon,57

The Gate of Pardon,58

The Gate of Pardon,59

Knocker on the Gate of Pardon,60

Principal Nave and Mih-rab of the Mosque,61

Entrance to the Chapel of the Mih-rab,62

Interior View of the Mosque (from a drawing),63

General View of the Interior of the Mosque,64

Interior of the Mosque,65

Interior of the Cathedral,66

Interior of the Mosque,67

Interior of the Cathedral,68

General View of the Chapel of Villaviciosa,69

Interior of the Mosque,70

Interior of the Mosque,71

Lateral Door of the Mosque,72

The Chapel of Villaviciosa in the Mosque,73

Exterior of the Mosque,74

The Mosque—Moorish Portal on the North Side, built under Hakem III., 988-1001,75

Chapel of Trastamara, south side,76

General View of the Chapel of the Mih-rab,77

Façade and Gate of Almanzor,78

The Mosque—Elevation of the Gate of the Sanctuary of the Koran,79

Gate corresponding to the Buildings of Al-Hakem II.,80

Portal of the Mih-rab,81

Arcade of the Entrance to the Vestibule of the Mih-rab,82

The Maksurrah (now the Villaviciosa Chapel), left side,83

Right Lateral Portal, within the Precinct of the Maksurrah,84

Detail of the Hall of Chocolate,85

Exterior of the Chapel of the Mih-rab,86

Detail, Arches of the Mih-rab,87

Detail in the Chapel of the Maksurrah,88

Mosaic Decoration of the Sanctuary,89

General View of the Interior of the Chapel of the Maksurrah and St. Ferdinand,90

Detail near the Mih-rab,91

Detail of the Interior of the Mih-rab,92

Vertical Section of the Dome and Cupola of the Mih-rab,93

Detail of the Trastamara Chapel,94

Detail of the Higher Part and Roof of the Chapel of St. Ferdinand,95

Sections of the Mosque,96

Sections of the Mosque and Cathedral,97

Detail in the Chapel of Trastamara, south side,98

Detail in the Angle of the Arch of the Mih-rab, left side,99

Detail in the Angle of the Arch of the Mih-rab, right side,100

Detail of the Gate of the Mosque,101

Kufic Inscription of the time of the Khalifate, found in an Excavation,102

The Mosque. Kufic Inscription in the Palace,103

Arabian Inscriptions,104

Arabian Inscriptions,105

Basement Panel of the Façade of the Mih-rab,106

Marble Socle in the Mih-rab,107

Exterior of the Chapel of San Pedro, north side, in the Mosque,108

A Gate on one of the lateral sides,109

A Kufic Inscription on the additions made to the Mosque by order of the Khalif Al-Hakem,110

A Kufic Inscription on the additions made to the Mosque by order of the Khalif Al-Hakem,111

Capitals. Entrance Arch,112

Detail of a Frieze,113

Detail of a Cornice,114

Detail of a Cornice,115

Eastern Side of the Exterior of the Mosque and Detail,116

Plan of the Arch and Cupola of the Mih-rab,117

Detail of the Portals of the Maksurrah,118

Section and Details of the Mih-rab of the Mosque,119

Details of the Cupola of the Vestibule of the Mih-rab,120

The Gate of Pardon121

The Bishop’s Gate121

The Mosque. Detail of the Trastamara Chapel,122

The Mosque. The Gate of the Sultan,122

The Mosque. Interior of the Mih-rab,123

The Mosque. Arab Arcade above the First Mih-rab,123

Interior of the Mosque,124

Interior of the Chapel of San Fernando,125

Gate of the Cathedral,126

Principal Entrance to the Mosque,127

The Mosque. Trastamara Chapel, south side,128

Eastern Façade of the Mosque,129

Patio de los Naranjos,130

Calle del Cardinal Herrero,131

Tower of the Cathedral,132

The Mosque. Pulpit of the Angel,133

The Mosque. Pulpit of the Bull,134

Cathedral. Choir Stalls,135

Cathedral. Principal Nave,136

Gate of St. Catharine,137

Altar of San Rafael,138

The House of Páez,139

General View of the Roman Bridge and Calahorra over the Guadalquivir, taken from the Arab Mill,140

Calahorra Castle,141

General View of the Roman Castle of the Calahorra,142

Entrance Gate to the Roman Bridge,143

Almodóvar Gate,144

The Mills,145

General View and Roman Bridge over the Guadalquivir,146

Grating and Court of a Private House,147

Avenue of the Grand Captain,148

District and Church of San Lorenzo,149

General View of the Bank and the Roman Bridge over the Guadalquivir,150

Interior of the Plaza de Toros,151

Horticultural Gardens,152

The Bank of the Guadalquivir from the Bridge,153

General View of Cordova,154

Courtyard of an Inn,155

A Street and Country Types,156

A Street and Country Types,157

Ancient Receptacle for Water of Medina Az-Zahira, Tenth Century,158

Plan of Cordova,159

Many of the photographs included in this volume, other than those taken by myself, were supplied by Messrs. Rafael Garzon of Granada, Senan and Gonzalez of Granada, Hauser and Menet of Madrid, Ernst Wasmuth of Berlin, publisher of Uhde’s Baudenkmaeler in Spanien und Portugal, and Eugen Twietmeyer of Leipzig, publisher of Junghändel’s Die Baukunst Spaniens, and I take this opportunity of acknowledging their kind permission to reproduce them in this volume.

A. F. C.