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ugh th

streets for public homage,

in the

midst of great throngs of ingenuous and con–

trite

people who · implored merey,

begging

tbat the tremors of the earth be calmed. Each

ubsequent year, in memory of this terrible dis–

ast r, the crucifix is taken in procession through

the streets by the churcpes of Santa Teresa, and

La Merced, on Monday of Holy Week. This Cru-

,ifix today is of a reddish, almost black tint, de–

rived from the smoke of the candles daily lighted

b fore

by the devotees. This image is in the

third chapel of the

r~ght

nave (Epístola). "La

Linda ', patron of the Cathedral, is another not–

able piece of work, and in the vestry and other

chapels are stiTl other imageq.

eca

arv1ngs.

notable specimen of altar pieces,

carvings

a11

other a--rtlistic works in wood such as

are found in no other temple of Cuzco.

The choir is an exquisite piece of work. It

consists of two rows of seats, upper and lower,

of 40 and 24 seats respectively, with a

richly

embellished canopy. Upon the backs of the seats

in the upper row there is a series of niches,

'vhere are placed in high relief, lifesize images

of th Christian saints and martyrs. On the ca-

nopy are seen the busts of the saints, virgins and

martyrs most renüwed

in ecclestical history.

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