Irene was nervous, a rare and undisciplined emotion. She contemplated her destiny while standing on an Islamic balcony at the former Monastery of San Francisco in Granada, Spain. This elaborate balcony from the 15th century overlooks Jardines del Paraiso (Botanical Gardens). The honeycomb motif is a form of Islamic architecture named muqarnas or ahoopāy. The term for the repeated pattern etched above the arch is ataurique.
