Mission architecture as exemplified in San Xavier del Bac; including a complete list of the missions in the South-west; also a bibliography of the manuscripts and works pertaining to the subject (1919)
Duell, Prentice · Tucson, Ariz. Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society · leaf 92
ormitory rooms, and patio, and last the mortuarychapel and its enclosure. The mission stands on a slightly elevated position and iseasily seen from distant parts of the valley. The padreshad few roads to follow and the mission had to direct theway as well as beacon the distant Indian. The fachada… … aH >< z CO 76 MISSION ARCHITECTURE. symmetrically placed and thrown wholly in shadow by theheavy walls. Their blackness, contrasted with the glist-ening whiteness of the walls, and the reddish ornamenta-tion about the entrance make a picture against the cloud-less sky and endless desert, not…
San Xavier del Bac Mission · Architecture · Missions
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