The Alhambra (Leather Bound Set); Volume 1: From the Ninth Century to Yusuf (1354)

Antonio Fernandez-Puertas has been studying the Alhambra palaces since 1968 and was director of the Museo Nacional de Arte Hispanomusulman until 1992. In 1980-81 he won the chair of Muslim Art at the University of Granada and now devotes his time to research and university lecturing. A member of numerous prestigious Spanish and foreign learned institutions, he has published extensively on Hispano-Muslim art and its antecedents in Oriental Umayyad art, as well as on the epigraphy of Islamic Spain and Fatimid Egypt. He is acknowledged as the outstanding world authority on Nasrid art and the Alhambra.

LIST OF OWEN JONES PLATES IN VOLUME I
LIST OF MINIATURES X
FOREWORD by Godfrey Goodwin
PREFACE by Antonio Fernandez-Puertas . . .
A NOTE ON TRANSCRIPTION AND DATING

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I. HISTORY AND ORIGINS
Al-Andalus; The Four Periods of Nasrid Art; The Historical Importance of Owen; Jones' and Jules Goury's; Plates; Chronology and Sources; The Palatine City of the Alhambra; Origin of the Royal Madinas

CHAPTER 2. ARCHITECTURE
The Architects; The Builders and Artisans; Nasrid Architecture in the Aihambra; Palace Ground Plans: the Nucleus; Proportional; Construction of the Palace Buildings; The Unit of Measurement: the Codo

CHAPTER 3. ANALYSIS OF GROUND PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
FIRST PERIOD: Palacio del Partal (Muhammad III); Torte de Abu l-Juyush Nasr (Peinador de Ia Reina)
SECOND PERIOD: Hammam of the Palacio de Comares (Isma'il I and Yusuf I); Oratory in the Partal (Yusuf I); Qalahurra Nueva of Yusuf I (Torre de Ia Cautiva); Salon de Comares (Yusuf I)
THIRD PERIOD: Sala del Mexuar (Muhammad V); Entrance; Arch of the Sala de la Barca (Muhammad V); The Design of the Tdqas in the Intrados of the Arch; Palacio del Riyad (Leones)(Muhammad V); Sala de los Mocarabes; Patio de los Leones; Sala de los Reyes; The Galleries and Pavilions of the Patio; Pavilions; The Palace's Transverse Axis; Qubba de los Abencerrajes; Qubba Mayor; Lantern Room; Sala de los Ajimeces; Upper Floor; Arches Mirador de Lindaraja; Patio; Pavilions and Galleries; Pavilions N and S Galleries; E and W Galleries; Fuente de los Leones; Elevation of the Galleries and Pavilions; General Organisation of the N and S Galleries and Miradors; Entrance Vestibule
FOURTH PERIOD: Qalahurra Nueva of Muhammad VII (Torre de las Infantas)

CHAPTER 4. ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS
Nasrid Elevations Architectural Supports; Walls, Pillars, Columns;Coverings and Roofs; Vaults; Wooden Roofs and Armaduras; Doors and Windows; Towers; The Qubba; Water and Architecture Gardens

CHAPTER 5. DECORATED MATERIALS . .
Nasrid Decoration; Placing of the Decoration; Materials; Ceramic Alicatado; Plaster Panels; Wood; The Mocdrabe

CHAPTER 6. ORNAMENTAL THEMES
Geometric Lazo; Ataurique; Figurative Decoration: Palacio del Riyad; Epigraphic Calligraphy; The Poets; Historical Value of the Inscriptions; Iconographic Value: Quranic Texts iii; Descriptive Value of the Texts; Inscribed Kufic; Calligraphy

CHAPTER 7. LITERARY, ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL LIFE AT THE NASRID COURT Members of the Diwan al-Insha'; Poetic, Literary and Cultural Tasks of the Diwan al-InsM'; Composition and Design of the Inscribed Poems; Epigraphy as a Structural Element in Nasrid Decoration; Writing Materials and Furniture in the Diwan
PLATES TO THE TIME OF YUSUF I

CHAPTER 8. THE MADINA OF THE ALHAMBRA
Panoramic View; The Royal City of the Alhambra; Gates; Streets

CHAPTER 9. THE NASRID DEFENSIVE SYSTEM
Natural Entrances to the Vega of Granada (Loja; Alcala la Real; Moclin; Inland; Territorial Cities (Guadix; Antequera; Ronda); Maritime Cities and Fortresses (Almeria; Malaga; Almunecar; Salobrefia); Algeciras and the Politics of the Straits; QaZahurras; Tali'as

CHAPTER 10. THE ALHAMBRA FORTRESS FROM THE NINTH CENTURY TO 1237
CHAPTER 11. THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE ALCAZABA
General Chronology Materials; The Eleventh-Century Zirid Alcazaba; The Zirid Bab; al-Difaf; The Zirid Entrance; The Caliphal Hawq~ ; The Thirteenth-Century Alcazaba; The Alhambra's Water Supply; Torte de la Vela; Torte del Homenaje; Historical Note; The Thirteenth-Century Entrance; The Fourteenth-Century Alcazaba; N AND W SIDES OF THE ALCAZABA: The Barbican; Caballerizas; Torte de los Hidalgos; W Access to the Trapezoidal Precinct; Puerta de las Armas; E SIDE OF THE ALCAZABA: Torte Quebrada; Torte del Adarguero; E End of the Fortress; E and S Barbican; Torte de Ia Polvora; Torte de la Sultana; The Military District of the Alcazaba; The Nasrid Cistern; The Hammam; Urban Planning; Dwellings

CHAPTER 12. EARLY NASRID PALACES
Muhammad I and Muhammad II; Muhammad III; Palacio del Parral; Decorative Panels in the Partal; Abu l-Juyush Nasr; Torte de Abu l-Juyush Nasr (Peinador)

CHAPTER 13. ISMA'IL I AND YUSUF I.
Abu Sa'id Faraj, the Father of Isma'il I; Ism~'il I; Palacio de Comares (Qasr al-Sultan); Royal Houses, Gardens and Rawda; Yusuf I; Yusuf I's African Policy; The First Viziers; Yusuf's Policy Towards the Christian Kingdoms; Home; Affairs; Culture; Family; Architecture

CHAPTER 14. THE COMARES HAMMAM
Bayt aI-Maslakh (Apodyterium) and Wadu' '(Lavatorium); AI-Bayt al-Barid (Frigidarium); AI-Baytal-Wastani (Tepidarium); Al-Bayt al-Sakhun (Caldarium); Plan and Section by Owen Jones and Jules Goury; Sebka Panels in the Bayt al-Maslakh

CHAPTER 15. THE GREAT GATES: BAB AL-SHARI A AND BAB AL-GHUDUR
Bab al-Shari'a (Puerta de Ia Explanada); External Facade; Buharda; Inner Facade; Foundation Slab; Foundational Inscription; Ceramic Panel; Access through the Gate at Ground Level; Internal Facade; Upper Storey; Probable Medieval Arrangement; Modern Alterations; Bab al-Chudur (Puerta de las Albercas); Artillery Bastion; External Facade; Rectangular Chamber of Access; Internal Facade; Upper Storey as Shown in the Engravings; General Observations

CHAPTER 16. THE QALAHURRA OF YUSUF I (TORRE DE LA CAUTIVA)
Panels in the Main Room

CHAPTER 17. PALACIO DE COMARES: NS SECTION
Basement; Salon de Comares;

CHAPTER 18. SALON DE COMARES: ENTRANCE
Spandrel of the Entrance Taqas; Alicatado inside the Entrance Taqas ; Blind Arch from the Cornice above the Entrance Taqas; Decorative Motif in the Entrance Taqas and Throne Qubba; Geometric Decoration;

CHAPTER 19. LAZO-OF-EIGHT: THE PRINCIPLES OF GEOMETRIC DECORATION [N THE PALACIO DE COMARES AND PALACLO DEL RIYAD
Historical Origins; The Eight-Pointed Star; How to Build a Lazo-of-Eight Design;
A. Ruedas-of-Eight, Formed with Eight-Pointed Stars of 900 em>(primer cruce)
B. Ruedas-of-Eight, Formed with Eight-Pointed Stars of 450 (segundo cruce)

CHAPTER 20. SALON DE COMARES: CERAMIC FLOOR AND DADOS
Floor Tiles; Ceramic Alicatado Dados; The Basic Geometric Schemes; Dados on the N and S walls; S Dados; N Dados; E Dados; W Dados

CHAPTER 21. SALON DE COMARES: PLASTER PANELS AND ARMADURA
Plaster panels; Panels on the S Wall; Panels on either Side of the Central N, E and W Qubbas; Panel above the Cupboard Niches of the S Wall; Intrados of the Arches of the N, E and W Qubbas; Use of Colour in Nasrid Decoration; Decorative Corner Squares; The Armadura; Two Zafates of the Armadura

CHAPTER 22. SALON DE COMARES: THE QUBBAS
Blind Ornamental Taqas; Mocarabes Frieze above the Dados; Decorative Panel in the Access Arches; Decorative Panels in the Lateral W Qubbas; Decorative Panels in the Lateral E Qubbas; Decorative Blind Arches in the Central Qubbas; Alicatados in the Three N Qubbas and the Central E and W Qubbas; The Second Alicatado; The Third Alicatado; The Fourth Alicatado; The Sixth Alicatado; The Seventh and Eighth Alicatados; Mocarabes; Marble Capital in the Throne Qubba
GLOSSARY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDICES

Dates; Persons; Places; Architectural and Other Terms; Figures, Plates and Miniatures; Plates and Figures Listed by Areas and Buildings

TABLE I. Genealogical Table of the Nasrids
TABLE 2. Nasrid Sultans, AH 629-820/AD 1232-1417
TABLE 3. The Diwan al-Insha'
TABLE 4. The Nasrid Dynasties
TABLE 5. The Second Nasrid Dynasty: al-Dawla l-Isma'iliyya l-Nasriyya
TABLE 6. The Direct Family Line of Muhammad VI