’”Do you prefer the life of this world to that of the future?
’”Believe me: the gates of paradise stand in the shadow of the sword.
’”He who dies in battle for the cause of God, washes with the blood he sheds all the stains of his sins.
CORDOVA
THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE GUADELQUIVIR, WITH A VIEW OF THE CATHEDRAL (MEZQUITA). THE SCENE AS IT APPEARED IN 1780.
From Antigüedades Arabes de España. Madrid, 1780, fol.