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Gallery there are notable altar pieces and remark–

able paintings. Decorating the galleries are also

mural paintings representing the life of the pa–

tron of the order, St. Peter Nolasco.

The cloisters of the next floor are reached

by way of two very handsome stairways run–

ning to the East and to the West; that which runs

East is the better. There is found a great picture

which íncludes the likenesses of the venerable

saints and other religious leaders of the order.

There are also paintings portraying events of the

life of Jesus and pictures carved in tablets of

cedar. On each side of the <loor leading to the re–

ception room are portraits of the benefactors of

the order, Diego de Vargas Carbajal and doña

Ucenda Loayza y Bazán. Within this room are

also

interest~ng

paintings.

The upper cloister

are of

~~racticially

the

sarne s yle and arrangement as

those below.

There are carved e ilings, somewhat deteriorated,

but displaying mue

skill in their

abrication.

Also sorne paintings adorn the walls, such as ·the

Lord of the Column and the Virgin of the Choir.

The library of the convent is in the gallery

to the South. It contains a considerable number

of volumes, which were saved from

the fire

hich destroyed the buildings and the bookcases

sorne years ago. There are also so:n1e impressive

pictures.

From this gallery, going toward the North,

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