List of Figures; Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Colour, Design and Medieval Optics; 2. Addressing the Beholder: The Work of Poetic Inscriptions; 3. Qalahurra of Y‹usuf I: A Case Study of a Tower-Palace; 4. “Textile Architecture” in the Cuarto Dorado; 5. Integrating Aesthetic and Politics: The Mawlid Celebration in the Alhambra; Appendix; Bibliography; Illustration Acknowledgments; Indices.