Cathedral Cities of Spain

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W. W. Collins. Cathedral Cities of Spain

Cathedral Cities of Spain

Table of Contents

PREFACE

ILLUSTRATIONS

CADIZ

SEVILLE

CORDOVA

GRANADA

MALAGA

VALENCIA

TORTOSA

TARRAGONA

BARCELONA

GERONA

TOLEDO

SALAMANCA

AVILA

SEGOVIA

SARAGOSSA

SANTIAGO

TUY

ORENSE

ASTORGA

ZAMORA

LEON

OVIEDO

VALLADOLID

BURGOS

INDEX

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W. W. Collins

Published by Good Press, 2021

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The coro is railed off from the crossing by a simple iron-gilt reja. The silleria, by Sanchez, Dancart, and Guillier are very fine and took seventy years to execute. Between the coro and Capilla Mayor, in Holy Week the great bronze candlestick, twenty-five feet high, a fine specimen of sixteenth-century work, is placed alight. When the Misere is chanted during service, twelve of its thirteen candles are put out, one by one, indicating the desertion of Christ by his apostles. The thirteenth left burning symbolises the Virgin, faithful to the end. From this single light all the other candles in the Cathedral are lit.

The reja of the Capilla Mayor is a grand example of an iron-gilt screen, and with those to the north and south, is due to the talent of the Dominican, Francisco de Salamanca.

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