The Alhambra . ricken in years, he could only perpetuatehis gray hairs and wrinkles. This wonderful old man was honourably entertained by theking : who, like most superannuated monarchs, began to takephysicians into great favour. He would have- assigned him anapartment in his palace, but the astrologer preferred a cave inthe side of the hill which rises above the city of Granada, beingthe same on which the Alhambra has since been built. Hecaused the cave to be enlarged so as to form a spacious andlofty hall, with a circular hole at the top, through which, asthrough a well, he could see the hea
The Alhambra . ricken in years, he could only perpetuatehis gray hairs and wrinkles. This wonderful old man was honourably entertained by theking : who, like most superannuated monarchs, began to takephysicians into great favour. He would have- assigned him anapartment in his palace, but the astrologer preferred a cave inthe side of the hill which rises above the city of Granada, beingthe same on which the Alhambra has since been built. Hecaused the cave to be enlarged so as to form a spacious andlofty hall, with a circular hole at the top, through which, asthrough a well, he could see the heavens and behold the starseven at mid-day. The walls of this hall were covered withEgyptian hieroglyphics with cabalistic symbols, and with thefigures of the stars in their signs. This hall he furnished withmany implements, fabricated under his directions by cunningartificers of Granada, but the occult properties of which wereknown only to himself. In a little while the sage Ibrahim became the bosom coun- /.r---.
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