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µlal r sque. Above the facade are
ten watch–
lovvers of the same style.
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Artistic Treasures.
PaiJn1tings:
All the crypts and chapels of this
great temple are filled with marvellous paintings,
~mong
the principal ones being-the pictures
which are above the cornice, among them· a copy
,.
f
Adam and Eve by Van der Goes, and one
which repres nts Hell. There. is also the portrait
of the Canon who ordered the picture of
J
esus
in the Temple to be made. The picture which
hangs behind the Choir
u
pon the Arch of the
Epístola, represents the finding of the Virgin
Bethlehem-a painting of suggestive
tradition,
the motfve a
eaning of which are explained
by the inscri
ti0
the corner of the picture,
this vYas paint d in Cuzco; the portrait of Dean
Goyzueta
whie-1
i
·n
the second
e
apel of the
sa111
arch i of int rer"'t ; on the other side of the
spac beyond the choir another painting depicts
U
1niracles o
f
an
I ~üdro ,
patron saint of Madrid,
V\·hich was done by order of Bishop Mollinedo;
the I,rnage of the Nativity, a truly exceptional
\Vork, is _on the altar fronts, done by order of
Bishop de la Mava \vhose coat of arms appears
in
t1,
h
lmet.
In the vestry are many paintings of merit,
such as the Christ which is attributed to the
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