| 1844 - 814 páginas
...pleasure, was placed in the Kasr-al-Kholaifa, or hall of the khalifs, " the roof and walls of which were of gold, and solid but transparent blocks of marble of various colours : on each side were eight doors fixed on arches of ivory and ebony, ornamented with gold and precious... | |
| Ricardo Velázquez Bosco - 1912 - 240 páginas
...THE HALL OF THE KüALiFS. — Anoter of the wonders of Az-zahrá was the hall called Kasru-1-Kholafá (the hall of the Khalifs), the roof of which was of...transparent blocks of marble of various colours, the walls likewise of the same materials. In the centre of this hall, or, according to some, on the top of the... | |
| Richard A. Fletcher - 1991 - 246 páginas
...of one of the most famous of them: Another of the wonders of az-Zahra was the Hall of the Caliphs, the roof of which was of gold and solid but transparent...colours, the walls being likewise of the same materials . . . There was in the centre of the room a large basin filled with quicksilver; on each side of it... | |
| [Anonymus AC00703430] - 1961 - 320 páginas
...water poured out of their mouths. Another of the wonders of Az-zahrd was the hall called Kasru-lkholafd (the hall of the Khalifs), the roof of which was of...solid but transparent blocks of marble of various colors, the walls being likewise of the same materials. In the centre of this hall, or, according to... | |
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