Maimonides / by David Yellin and Israel Abrahams.

  • Yellin, David, 1864-1941.
Date:
[1903], ©1903
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Credit: Maimonides / by David Yellin and Israel Abrahams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    had come the original conquerors of the Goths, and from the same region were now summoned the Berber saints, the Al¬ in ora rids, under Yussuf, son of Teshfin. The second khalif of this dynasty, Ali (1106-1143), sat on the throne of Cordova when Maimonides wTas bom. Valiant and uncouth, fitter for camp than for court, Yussuf again led the Orescent to victory. The Cid died in 1099, and Mohammedan Spain, Toledo excepted, became a prov¬ ince of the great African empire of the Almoravids. “ The reign of the Puri¬ tans had come, and without a Milton to soften its austerity.” Worse still, the Puritanism was unreal. The savage Ber¬ bers had no appreciation for the poets and savants who had previously basked in the royal favour. But they also lost their martial bearing, their manly endurance; they seized upon the material luxuries of Cordova without absorbing her refine¬ ment of ideals. Their very tolerance was