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Sculpture.

Among the specimens of surpassing excel–

lence may be mentioned the images of St. Ignac–

ious and St. Francisco Javier, which appear on

the altar front of the chancel; the image of the

Dolorosa of St. Isidro and of other saints which

are found in the altar fronts of the surrounding

chapels. · The gilded retablo of the principal altar

well preserved. There are also important altar

pieces in cedar in the cript of the transept. The

pulpit is a delicate piece of work, entirely paint–

ed and gilded. Today there remains no remnant

of the gold and silver work which

ormerly en–

riched the chests of this temple; neither can there

ound the altar e 0ths and tapestries.

The Churc of the Compañía was pref

erre~

by the colonial noni1ity as a burial plaee for their

dead in its cripts and cemeteries. Here were laid

to rest such Bishops as La Raya, Mendoza, Sarre–

colia and others, -as well as Nobles, such as Diego

de E?ilva with his wife Teresa Ordoñez and man

other~.

These tombs today are open and desecrat–

ed. The only sepulchre which remains in good

con<:Iition is that of Bishop la Raya, who was

interred in

1606.

Upon his slab is a Latin inscrip-

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