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ted by Basilio de Santa Cruz.

There

are

coloured drawings worthy of special note. In this

same corner, above the door which leads to the

temple are various portraits of personages of the

seventeenth century, one of the

·most notable

being that of the Viceroy Conde de Lemos who

visited the convent in 1668.

In the galleries to the West ar.e the tombs

of the "Maestros de Campo"-don Gaspar and

don

oseph de Salcedo, wealthy miners of Laica–

cota. From these galleries one enters the vestibule

of the refectory, which also contains a valuable

painting.

There are two

tairw

s which lead to the

se~ond

flo

on that of the South is a huge

painting whic

is equal in size to

~hat

of the prin–

cipal walL

Tl ere are, too , as in La Merced; portraits of

the great

ranciscan Fathers, placed. between al–

legorical

representations of most complicated

execution.

In the corners, both in the upper and lower

galleries, there are tablets and paintings which

should not be overlooked.

From the second floor one enters the choir.

This Franciscan choir is in truth a finished piece

of admirable carving. It consists of two rows of

seats and from the lower part of the vaulted

niches emerge the saints and venerable persons

of the Order. The lectern, in the center, is also of

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