Immediately over the Mosaic under the gallery is an inscription of twelve verses in African characters, full of Oriental hyperbole, but perhaps inferior in composition to those already selected from the Hall of The Two Sisters.
Under the galleries, at the north and south ends of the Court, are four recesses, profusely ornamented, elaborate, and
THE COURT OF THE FISH-POND.
beautiful; well preserved, and retaining much of their original colour.
From amongst the inscriptions of the Court of the Fish-pond it may be permitted to print two or three:
“Go and tell true believers that Divine help and ready victory are reserved for them. (From the sixty-first chapter of the Koràn).
“I am like the nuptial array of a bride, endowed with every beauty and perfection.