1000089343

one enters the choir of the church. lt contains

splendid choir stalls and valuable sculptured

tablets; there are two colonial organs. From here

one may ascend to the tower of the belfry, where

may be better appreciated the highly ornamented

arches and columns which form it.

The cloisters which follow those already

described corespond to the novitiate and contain

under their roofs and in the interior rooms, tab-

1 ts, paintings and sculptures.

Vestry.

The ve

tr~

is mos intere ting. On the wall

of the vestib 1 is a co y of the I?ainting y Rub–

ens, where in a <;orner oJf pi0t re are the por–

traits of the

tieBS

who arang d for the copy

to be made. Within t e vestry is a tablet of noble

work and in the center is a painting by a dis–

tinguished artist, representing Christ. The treas–

ure chest

ound in this sanctuary contains

ew–

els of gold and silver of colonial design, such as

the golden host whose sun is covered with pre–

cious ·stones of high karat, principally pearls, and

noteworthy mountings. There are also vestments

and ·ornaments of ancient and artistic work-

manship.

The reception room of the Chapel has an

historie interest also and here were initiated the

- 81. -