Christopher Columbus in poetry, history and art . ornamentation is in reality an expres-sion of Moslem faith—for practically the wholeKoran is illustrated in the work. The cathedral, begun in 1529, contains, in theRoyal Chapel, the statues and monuments oftheir Catholic Majesties, and also the tombs oftheir mad daughter, Juana, and her husband,the bases of which show in relief, the surrenderof Boabdil, the last of the Moors. The crypt contains the bodies of the sov-ereigns. The sacristy treasures many souvenirsof them, the vestments worked by Isabella andworn by the cardinal celebrant of the f
Christopher Columbus in poetry, history and art . ornamentation is in reality an expres-sion of Moslem faith—for practically the wholeKoran is illustrated in the work. The cathedral, begun in 1529, contains, in theRoyal Chapel, the statues and monuments oftheir Catholic Majesties, and also the tombs oftheir mad daughter, Juana, and her husband,the bases of which show in relief, the surrenderof Boabdil, the last of the Moors. The crypt contains the bodies of the sov-ereigns. The sacristy treasures many souvenirsof them, the vestments worked by Isabella andworn by the cardinal celebrant of the first Massoffered up in the Alhambra, after its conquest;also the crown and scepter of Isabella and thesword of Ferdinand. He died in Granada, 1516, in the first conventbuilt there. Both he and Isabella, who passedaway in 1504, had requested that wherever theymight die, their remains should be brought toGranada, for they always considered its con-([uest to be the brightest jewel in their crown—the merits of which occasioned the conferring 66. Tombs of Fcrdinaiul nnd IsalnMla. nt (Jrimnda The Agony op Suspense. upou them of that title, Their Catholic Majes-ties by His Holiness. But what about Columbus and his discoveryof America ? Alas, what! We view his statue in the Alhambra, in theroom where his Privileges were granted tohim finally—the Privileges being the con-tract signed and agreed upon by his sovereigns—but broken by them, alas! again. It was fourteen hundred and ninety-two,The close of the New Years day. When the armies of Catholic Ferdinand, The flower of all the Spanish the Siege of Granada lay. Ten thousand foot and ten thousand horse, And ten thousand men with on the left, and as many moreHad stormed close up to the citys the Darro River flows. And the king held levee, for on that day Great news had come to court-How on the morrow the town would yield,And the flag of Spain with the yellow fieldWould float from the Moorish fort. The
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