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Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper left: "An Arabic Inscription | upon the Wall of the Zancarron | or Sanctum Santorum. | in the Mosque"; inscribed in pen and black ink, center left: "Section of the great Ile of the Mosque."; inscribed in pen and black ink, lower left: "Scale of Fifty Spanish Feet."; inscribed in pen and black ink, upper right: "Plan of the MESQUITA of CORDOVA in the Time of the Mahometans."; inscribed in pen and black ink, lower right: "A scale of six hundred Spannish Feet | References. | A. The Mesquita or Mosque B. The Court for the Ablutions | 1. The Zancarron, the place where the Book of the Law was kept. 2. The Lodgings of the Dorishes | 2. The Seat of the Moufti, when he read the Koran. 3. Part where no one but Priests enter | 3. The Throne of the Cadiph. 6 The Seat after Cadi | 7. The Divisioin of the Mosque, allotted to the Mother. 8. The Part for the People | 9. That Part of the Mosque which was added to the first buding 10. The Portico, where they left their shoes | 11. Doors now shut up 12. New Doors open by the Christians."