[Ch. XXI. On the southern slope of the island, looking to-wards Eagusa, we found the lonely church we hadcome to see. It is approached through a forecourtsurrounded by a broken down wall, and by the ruinsof the parsonage and the base of an unfinishedcamj)anile, in which hang three bells in little… … DIE : VIII IVN)J< IN NOTE DNIDEDICATVM ESTT E M I L HOC MCCCCLXXXVIII Fig. 71. tablet in the wall, which records the dedicationin 1488. There is a good sixteenth century altar-piece, with gilt arabesques on a blue ground,framing a strange collection of large painted andgilt w^ooden figures…
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