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Beauty of Cordova, 129--Gardens, 131--Palaces, 132--Baths, 135--The Great Mosque, 136--"The City of the Fairest," 139--Reception at Medinat-ez-Zahr[=a], 142--Science and letters cultivated under the Moors, 144--Condition of the arts in Andalusia, 147.