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tion. There are copies of European Masters, and

the sculptured image of the Piatron, as well as

that of San Antonio, are excellently done.

San Bias:

The parish of San Blas is on a hill in the

eustern part of Cuzco. The. little hill vvhich starts

J·o1n th·v str

t of HATUNRUMIYOO leads to the

church. It is of very modest architectural de–

sing, built of adobe with a little stone belfry, but

is oue of the r ichest of churches so far as paint–

ings and sculptures

conuerned. Around the

walls

are pa1ntings of merit. The portrait

of Lazarus d

rve most careful study. The

outstanding

re ofi this sanctuary, how-ever,

i:;

the pulpit

rk o continental renown. The

sculpture

re ba:se, as

reH

as the front and

ounding board is most delicately and profusely

ornamented, 1and in the crown is a skull which

is said to be that of the author of this most admi–

rable work.

The tablet of the principal altar vvas placed

t her ·

Bishop Molinedo,

to whose ·munifi–

cencc and art.istic taste was also due the gift of

thc pulpit.

feature of

this quaint parish

the

uurro"T streets so strongly reminiscent of an–

c i

cut

tin1 s.

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