Arabic Spain Sidelights On Her History And Art

Author : Bernhard Bernhard
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ISBN 13 : 9781330684689
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (846 download)

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Download or read book Arabic Spain Sidelights on Her History and Art (Classic Reprint) written by Bernhard Bernhard and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Arabic Spain Sidelights on Her History and Art This book is an attempt to elucidate some points in the history of Seville under the Moslems, on which the existing histories of Moslem Spain throw no light whatever. We are fully aware how little qualified we are for such a task: our ignorance of Arabic is alone a serious obstacle to an exhaustive study of the subject, and our only excuse for publishing what must necessarily be a very imperfect piece of work is that no one else has yet attempted to do it. In addition to our personal disqualifications we have been further handicapped by the entire absence in the public libraries of Seville, where this book was written, of any modern books except a few in Spanish, and of all the ordinary books of reference. Proceedings of learned Societies, etc. So defective, indeed, are these libraries, that they do not contain the monographs, often valuable, published by the Madrid Academy of History. And as it is manifestly impossible to buy all the books, reports, and so forth, to which it might be useful to refer, perhaps for a single datum, we have had to do the best we can with the materials available. On the other hand, we have the advantage of long residence in Seville, and an intimate acquaintance with many places, people, and things inaccessible to foreigners merely visiting Spain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.