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A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Alphaizuli

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4103344A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography — Alphaizuli

ALPHAIZULI,

Maria, a poetess of Seville, who lived in the eighth century. She was called the Arabian Sappho, being of Moorish extraction. Excellent works of hers are in the library of the Escurial. Many Spanish women of that time cultivated the muses with success, particularly the Andalusians.