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Identifier: magazineofamericv26stev (find matches)
Title: The magazine of American history with notes and queries
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Stevens, John Austin, 1827-1910. ed. cn DeCosta, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1831-1904. ed. cn Johnston, Henry Phelps, 1842-1923, ed. cn Lamb, Martha J. (Martha Joanna), 1829-1893. ed. cn Pond, Nathan Gillett, 1832-1894 ed Abbatt, William, 1851-1935, comp
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Publisher: New York : A.S. Barnes
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A buckler wasattached by goldenclasps to his arm, andhe wore a white Frenchhat with plumes. Thecaparisons of his horsewere azure silk, linedwith violet, dotted withstars of gold, whichswept the ground as hecontrolled his fierys courser with an easy 0 horsemanship that5 elicited general admira-j tion. He was followed\ by a retinue of pages in 1 costly liveries and at-i tended by a splendidj train of titled officers.i The king and queen ap-; proaching bowed thriceI to each other, with formal reverence; Isa-; bella, at the same time, raising her hat, and re-maining in her head-dress with her faceuncovered. Ferdinandriding up saluted heraffectionately on thecheek, and then turnedand kissed his daughter.It is said that thesuits of armor worn byboth Ferdinand and Isa-bella are preserved inthe museum of the armory at Madrid, and that those worn by Isabellaare the. larger. She was not, however, a woman of great size, but finelybuilt and of commanding presence ; and she excelled her husband in
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260 A GROUP OF COLUMBUS PORTRAITS personal dignity, in acuteness of perception, in breadth of understanding,and in grandeur of soul. Washington Irving, who made her life a study,does not hesitate to *ay, She was one of the purest and most beautifulcharacters in the pages of history. The story of the visit of Columbus to the convent of La Rabida hasbeen already published in this periodical.* Our readers are familiarwith the fact that, responding to the summons from Isabella, Columbusreached the royal camp before Granada in November, 1491, just intime to witness the memorable surrender of Granada, when the last ofthe Moorish kings delivered the keys of that favorite stronghold, theAlhambra, to Ferdinand and Isabella, who, attended by all the distinc-tion and magnificence of Spain, took possession of the captured city.Thus ended the Arabian empire in the peninsula, after an existence ofseven hundred and forty-one years. The consequences of the triumph-ant conclusion of this war were not

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