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Cathedral cities of Spain (1909)

Collins, W. W. (William Wiehe), b. 1862 · London : Heinemann; New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 488

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erfect maze of intricate design and finecarving. The walls are covered with the royalarms of Charles V. and the City of Burgos ; thereare figures of patriarchs and prophets standing inthe niches, seraphim and angels occupy therecesses of the spandrils, and the beautiful groiningof this superb… … , BURGOS weaving the intricacies of that splendid interior !To strengthen the Cathedral and support theweight of this addition, the original piers werealtered at the crossing, and the huge cylindricalcolumns, which are richly chased with Renaissancedecoration, substituted. One can hardly say…

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