Chapter XXVIII: Appendix: (a.) (1)

CATALOGUE OF DATED EXAMPLES OF SPANISH BUILDINGS, FROM THE TENTH TO THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY INCLUSIVE.

NOTE.--_The dates of those Examples which are printed in Italics appear to me to be very uncertain, or are those of buildings which I have not visited._

DATE. PLACE. REMARKS.

914 BARCELONA Church of San Pablo del Campo, said to have
been built.
983 BARCELONA San Pedro de las Puellas consecrated.
1017 GERONA _Church of Saint Daniel commenced._
1038 GERONA Consecration of first Cathedral, of which remains
exist.
1058 ELNE Consecration of Church.
1063 LEON The Panteon, San Isidoro, appears to have
been finished in this year.
1078 SANTIAGO Cathedral commenced.
1078 SANTIAGO South transept doorways erected.
1085 TOLEDO The Church “Cristo de la Luz” existed
before this date.
1090 AVILA Town walls commenced.
1091 AVILA Cathedral commenced.
1109 TOLEDO Outer circuit of walls.
1117 GERONA _Church of San Pedro de los Galligans commenced._
1117 GERONA Cloisters of Cathedral erected.
1108}
to } TOLEDO Puerta de Visagra erected.
1126}
1120 SALAMANCA Old Cathedral commenced.
1128 SANTIAGO Fabric of Cathedral so far finished as to be
used.
1129 LUGO Cathedral commenced.
1131 TARRAGONA Cathedral commenced.
1136 SALAMANCA _San Tomè de los Caballeros consecrated._
1146 BARCELONA Collegiata of Sta. Aña founded.
1146 VERUELA Abbey commenced.
1149 LEON Church of San Isidoro consecrated in this year.
1156 SALAMANCA _Church of San Adrian consecrated._
1171 VERUELA Abbey first occupied, and probably completed
in this year.
1173 BARCELONA _Royal Chapel of Sta. Agueda, attached to the
palace of the Counts of Barcelona, conpleted._
1173 SALAMANCA _Church of San Martin consecrated._
1174 ZAMORA Cathedral completed.
1175 SANTIAGO Chapel beneath west front of Cathedral
finished about this year.
1177 LUGO Cathedral finished.
1178 SALAMANCA Cloister of old Cathedral in course of erection;
Chapter-house probably erected at same time.
1179 SALAMANCA _Church of S. Thomas of Canterbury consecrated._
1180 BURGOS Convent of Las Huelgas commenced; inhabited
in 1187; formally established as a
Cistercian Convent in 1199.
1180 POBLET _Benedictine Monastery founded._
1188 SANTIAGO Western doors of Cathedral finished.
1188 TUDELA Cathedral consecrated.
1203 LÉRIDA First stone of Cathedral laid.
1208 SEGOVIA Templars’ Church consecrated.
1212 TOLEDO Bridge of San Martin erected.
1219 MONDOÑEDO _Cathedral commenced._
1221 BURGOS First stone of Cathedral laid.
1221 TOLEDO Church of San Roman consecrated.
1227 TOLEDO First stone of Cathedral laid.
1230 BURGOS Cathedral first used in this year.
1235 TARAZONA Cathedral founded.
1239 BARCELONA Chapel of Sta. Lucia, and doorway from
cloister into south transept of Cathedral.
1252-84 AVILA Central Lantern of San Vicente built.
1258 TOLEDO Bridge of Alcantara rebuilt.
1262 VALENCIA First stone of Cathedral laid. South transept
and apse of this date.
1273 LEON Cathedral in progress.
1278 LÉRIDA Cathedral consecrated.
1278 TARRAGONA Nine of the statues of the Apostles in west
front of Cathedral executed.
1287 BARCELONA Nuestra Señora del Carmen founded.
1292 AVILA Considerable works in the Cathedral under
Sancho II., Bishop of Avila, 1292-1353.
1298 BARCELONA New Cathedral commenced.
1303 LEON Cathedral finished (save the towers) before
this date.
1310-27 LÉRIDA Western side and entrance to cloister of Cathedral,
and tower at S.W. angle of cloister,
erected between these years.
1316-46 GERONA Chevet of Cathedral in course of building.
1318 GERONA Choir of San Feliu completed before this date.
1321 PALENCIA First stone of Cathedral laid.
1328 BARCELONA Sta. Maria del Mar commenced, and completed
in 1383.
1329 BARCELONA North transept of Cathedral.
1329 BARCELONA Sta. Maria del Pi commenced, and _consecrated in 1353._
1332 GUADALAJARA Chapel of Holy Trinity in the Church of
Santiago.
1339 BARCELONA Crypt and Chapel of Sta. Eulalia in the Cathedral
completed.
1345 BARCELONA SS. Just y Pastor commenced.
1346 GERONA Retablo of Altar and Baldachin erected.
1349 VALENCIA Puerta de Serranos erected.
1350 LUGO Church of San Domingo consecrated.
1350 ZARAGOZA _East wall decoration executed._
1351 GERONA Stalls in Choir of Cathedral executed.
1366 TOLEDO Synagogue (now Church “del Transito”)
completed.
1368-92 GERONA Steeple of San Feliu in course of building.
1369 BARCELONA Casa Consistorial commenced; finished in 1378.
1374 LA CORUÑA Chapel of the Visitation in Church of Sta.
Maria.
1375 TARRAGONA Completion of Statues in west front of Cathedral.
1380 TOLEDO Bridge of Alcantara repaired.
1381 VALENCIA First stone of the Micalete (tower of the Cathedral)
laid.
1383 BARCELONA Sta. Maria del Mar completed.
1383 BARCELONA The Casa Lonja, or Exchange, founded.
1388 BARCELONA West doorway of San Jayme.
1389 ALCALÁ DE HENARES Tower of Archbishop’s Palace.
1389 TOLEDO Cloister and Chapel of San Blas completed.
1389 TOLEDO Bridge of San Martin built.
1391 LÉRIDA West doorway of Cloister completed.
1397 LÉRIDA Steeple of Cathedral in course of erection.
1397 PAMPLONA Cathedral commenced.
1399 BURGOS _Chancel and Aisles of San Gil founded._
1400 HUESCA Cathedral commenced.
1404 VALENCIA Lantern or Cimborio of Cathedral completed.
1405 TOLEDO Synagogue (now Church of Sta. Maria la
Blanca) converted into a Church, and
much altered.
1410 PALENCIA Stalls in Choir of Cathedral executed.
1415 BURGOS Church of Convent of San Pablo erected.
1416 BARCELONA San Jayme in progress.
1416 LÉRIDA Steeple of Cathedral completed.
1416 MANRESA The Collegiata in progress at this date.
1416 PERPIÑAN Cathedral in progress.
1416 TARRAGONA Reredos of High Altar.
1417 GERONA Nave of Cathedral commenced.
1418 TOLEDO West front of Cathedral commenced.
1424 VALENCIA Tower of Cathedral completed.
1425 TOLEDO The N.W. Steeple of Cathedral commenced.
1431 Cervera _Steeple of Sta. Maria._
1435 BURGOS Convent of San Pablo commenced.
1436 BARCELONA Casa de la Disputacion erected.
1438 OLITE Considerable works in progress.
1440 AVILA Tower of San-Vicente completed.
1440 MEDINA DEL CAMPO Castle “de la Mota.”
1412 BURGOS Spires of Cathedral commenced.
1442 TOLEDO Chapel of Santiago (built by D. Alvaro de
Luna) erected.
1442 VALLADOLID San Pablo commenced.
1444 BARCELONA The Hala de Paños completed.
1444 VALENCIA Puerta de Cuarte.
1448 BARCELONA Cloister of Cathedral completed.
1453 BARCELONA Sta. Maria del Pi consecrated.
1454 BURGOS Convent of la Cartucca, Miraflores, commenced.
1458 GERONA South door of nave of Cathedral.
1459 TOLEDO Façade “de los Leones” (South transept).
1459}
to } VALENCIA West end of nave of the Cathedral erected,
1482} and (probably) the Chapter-house
1461 GUADALAJARA Palace del Infantado.
1463 VALLADOLID San Pablo completed.
1465 AVILA Canopy over the Shrine of San Vicente.
1471 ASTORGA First stone of Cathedral laid.
1472 SEGOVIA Capilla Mayor of El Parral commenced.
1476 TOLEDO San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo, commenced.
1480 BURGOS Stalls in the Coro of Chapel at Miraflores.
1480-92 VALLADOLID College of Sta. Cruz.
1482 VALENCIA The Casa Lonja commenced.
1482-93 AVILA Convent of San Tomás.
1483 TOLEDO Doorway of old Sacristy.
1484 TOLEDO Bridge of Alcantara fortified.
1485 SEGOVIA Vaulting of El Parral finished.
1487 BURGOS Chapel of the Constable.
1488-96 VALLADOLID College of San Gregorio.
1489 TOLEDO Monument of Alvaro de Luna in Chapel of
Santiago in Cathedral.
1489-93 BURGOS Monument of Juan and Isabel in the Church
at Miraflores.
1490 LÉRIDA South Porch.
1494 SEGOVIA Tribune in Church of El Parral rebuilt.
1495 TOLEDO Lower range of Stalls in Coro of Cathedral.
1497 ALCALÁ DE HENARES Church of SS. Just y Pastor commenced.
1497-1512 BURGOS Stalls in Coro of Cathedral.
1498 ALCALÁ DE HENARES College of San Ildefonso commenced.
1499 VALLADOLID Church of San Benito.
1500 TOLEDO Retablo of High Altar.
1503 MEDINA DEL CAMPO Capilla Mayor of Church of S. Antholin.
1504 SANTIAGO Hospital of Santiago.
1504 TOLEDO Entrance to Winter Chapter-Room.
1504 ZARAGOZA The Torre Nueva in course of construction.
1504-10 PALENCIA Cathedral completed.
1505 ZARAGOZA Cimborio, or Lantern, of the Seu, commenced.
1507 SAN SEBASTIAN Church of San Vicente commenced.
1507 SIGÜENZA Cloister of Cathedral completed.
1508 IRUN Church commenced.
1509 ALCALÁ DE HENARES Church of SS. Just y Pastor completed.
1513 LEON San Isidoro, new Choir erected.
1513 SALAMANCA First stone of new Cathedral laid.
1514 PALENCIA Cathedral Chapter-house and Cloister.
1515 HUESCA Cathedral completed.
1518 AVILA Monument of Don Juan in the Church of
San Tomás.
1520 HUESCA The Retablo of the Principal Altar commenced.
1520 TARAZONA _Cathedral Cloister._
1520 ZARAGOZA Cimborio of the Seu completed.
1525 SEGOVIA Cathedral commenced.
1531 TOLEDO Chapel de los Reyes Nuevos.
1533 SANTIAGO Cloisters.
1536 ZARAGOZA Sta. Engracia, Cloister erected.
1543 TOLEDO Upper range of Stalls in Coro of Cathedral.
1548 TOLEDO Rejas of Capilla Mayor and Coro of Cathedral.
1550 TARAZONA Cimborio of Cathedral.
1553 ALCALÁ DE HENARES Patio of University.
1567 BURGOS Lantern or Cimborio completed.
1572-90 MANRESA Steeple of the Seu or Collegiata completed.
1576 VALLADOLID Church of La Magdalena.
1579 GERONA Vault of Cathedral finished.
1586 BURGOS Capilla Mayor in the Church of San Gil.

(B.)

CATALOGUE OF ARCHITECTS, SCULPTORS, AND BUILDERS OF THE CHURCHES, ETC., MENTIONED IN THIS VOLUME.

ABIELL [GUILLERMO]. One of the Junta of Architects consulted at _Gerona._ in A.D. 1416. At this time he was Master of the Works at _Sta. Maria del Pi_, San Jayme, and the _Hospital of Santa Cruz in Barcelona_.

ALAVA [JUAN DE]. One of the Architects summoned to the Junta at _Salamanca_ in A.D. 1513. He was a native of Vitoria, and master of the works of the Cathedral at _Placencia_.

ALEMÁN [JUAN]. Sculptor. Wrought at the western and southern doorways of Toledo Cathedral, A.D. 1462-66.

ALFONSO [JUAN]. Sculptor. Wrought on the façade of Toledo Cathedral in A.D. 1418.

ALFONSO [RODRIGO]. Maestro Mayor of _Toledo_ Cathedral, probably the Architect of the Cloister and Chapel of _San Blas_, the first stone of which was laid August 14, 1389. He designed the _Carthusian Convent_ of _Paular_, near Segovia, in A.D. 1390.

ANDINO [CRISTÓBAL DE]. Made the iron Screen of the Capilla Mayor in _Palencia_ Cathedral in A.D. 1520; the screen of the Chapel of the Constable at _Burgos_ in 1523; and in 1540 he competed unsuccessfully with other men for the erection of the Screens and Pulpits of _Toledo_ Cathedral.

ANTIGONI [ANTONIO]. Master of the Works in the town of _Castellon de Empurias_, and one of the Junta of Architects consulted at Gerona in A.D. 1416.

ARANDIA [JUAN DE]. Probably a native of Biscay. Architect (?) and Builder of the Church of _San Benito_ at _Valladolid_, which was commenced in A.D. 1499. He contracted for the first part of the work for 1,460,000 maravedis, and for the remainder for 500,000.

ARFE [ANTONIO DE]. Silversmith; a native of Leon. His work is thoroughly Renaissance, and, though much praised, really very uninteresting. Circa 1520-1577.

ARFE [ENRIQUE DE]. A German; father of Antonio, born in 1470-80; dec. circa 1550. A famous Silversmith. Worked at _Leon_, _Toledo_, &c.

ARGENTA [BARTOLOMÉ]. Master of the works, _Gerona_ Cathedral, 1325 to 1346. He seems to have superintended the erection of most of the Choir now standing.

BADAJOZ [JUAN DE]. Sculptor and Master of the Works of _Leon_ Cathedral. Architect of Choir of _San Isidoro, Leon_. In A.D. 1512 he was one of the Junta of Architects consulted as to rebuilding _Salamanca_ Cathedral. In 1513 he went to Seville to examine the fabric of the Cathedral, for which he received a fee of 100 ducats. In 1522 he went to _Salamanca_ to see that the works at the Cathedral were being properly executed. In 1545 he was Architect of the Monastery at _Exlonza_ near _Leon_, and calls himself “Architector” in an inscription on its wall.

BALAGUER [PEDRO]. Architect of the Tower of _Valencia_ Cathedral in A.D. 1414. He is called an “Arquitecto perito” in a contemporary document, and was paid for going to _Lérida_, _Narbonne_, and elsewhere, to examine their steeples with a view to his own work.

BARTOLOMÉ. Sculptor, _Tarragona_. Executed in A.D. 1278 nine of the Statues of the Western Doorway.

BARTOLOMÉ. Silversmith, who executed part of the Retablo of _Gerona_ Cathedral in A.D. 1325.

BENES [PEDRO]. Made the Canopy over the Altar at _Gerona_ Cathedral before A.D. 1340.

BERNARDUS [FRATER]. Magister Operis of _Tarragona_ Cathedral in A.D. 1256.

BERRUGUETE [ALONSO]. Architect, Sculptor, and Painter. Went to Italy in A.D. 1504, and studied at Rome and Florence: afterwards, in A.D. 1520, returned to Spain, and held the appointment of Maestro Mayor to Charles V. Executed the Stalls and Retablos of _Sun Benito_, _Valladolid_, in 1526-32, and the upper range of Stalls on the Epistle side of _Toledo_ Cathedral in 1543. His works are numerous, and he was the great reviver of Pagan architecture in Spain.

BLAY [PEDRO]. Architect of the Casa de la Disputacion, _Barcelona_, in 1436 according to Cean Bermudez. But this seems impossible, unless there were two of the same name, as one was Maestro Mayor of the Cathedral in 1584.

BOFFIY [GUILLERMO]. Architect of Nave of _Gerona_ Cathedral in A.D. 1416. It was to discuss and advise upon his plan that a Junta of twelve Architects was summoned; their opinions are given in the Appendix [H], and in the end his plan was carried into execution.

BONCKS [ARNAU]. A native of Ax (in the county of Foix). Directed the works at the Mole of _Tarragona_, for which he was also the contractor, in A.D. 1507.

BONIFACIO [MARTIN SANCHEZ]. Maestro Mayor of _Toledo_ Cathedral from 1481 to 1494. He executed the doorway of the old Sacristy, circa 1484.

BONIFACIO [PEDRO]. Painter on Glass. Executed some of the windows in the nave of _Toledo_ Cathedral in A.D. 1439.

BONIFE [MATIAS]. Made the lower range of Stalls in the Coro of _Barcelona_ Cathedral in A.D. 1457.

BORGOÑA [FELIPE DE]. Sculptor of the upper range of Stalls on the Gospel side of _Toledo_ Cathedral. He was consulted as to the design for the Cimborio or lantern of _Burgos_ Cathedral, and executed the Sculptures under the arches of the apse in the same church. He is said to have been Maestro Mayor of _Seville_ Cathedral (?), and was one of the Architects consulted as to _Salamanca_ new Cathedral in A.D. 1512. He died in 1543.

BORGOÑA [JUAN DE]. Painted in A.D. 1495 the Cloister of _Toledo_ Cathedral. In 1508 painted five subjects for _Avila_ Cathedral. He dec. circa 1533.

BRUXELAS [JUAN DE]. Executed the Retablo of the Chapel of _San Ildefonso, Toledo_, in A.D. 1500.

CAMPERO [JUAN]. One of the Junta of Architects consulted at _Salamanca_ in A.D. 1512, and afterwards appointed assistant to the Architect there. In 1529 he was engaged as builder at _El Parral, Segovia_. In 1530 he contracted with the Chapter of _Segovia_ for the removal and re-erection of the old _Cloisters_. He had been employed by Cardinal Ximenes as Architect and Builder at _Torrelunga_.

CANET [ANTONIUS]. Sculptor of _Barcelona_. One of the Junta at _Gerona_ in 1416, and Master of the Fabric of the Cathedral at _Urgel_.

CANTARELL [GIBALT]. Architect engaged on Steeple at _Manresa_ from A.D. 1572 to 1590.

CARPINTERO [MACÍAS]. A native of Medina del Campo, and Architect and Sculptor of the College of _San Gregorio, Valladolid_, in A.D. 1488. He is said to have committed suicide in A.D. 1490.

CARREÑO [FERNANDO DE]. Master of the Works at the _Castle, Medina del Campo_, 1440.

CASTAÑEDA [JUAN DE]. Architect at _Burgos_ A.D. 1539. He was one of the Cathedral architects, and wrought under Felipe de Borgoña in the rebuilding of the Cimborio, which he completed in A.D. 1567. He is said to have designed the _Gateway of Sta. Maria at Burgos_.

CASTAYLS [MAESTRO JAYME]. Sculptor, _Tarragona_, in 1375. Executed by contract some of the Statues in the Western Doorway of the Cathedral, under the direction of Bernardo de Vallfogona, the Master of the Works. He executed three of the Apostles and all the Prophets, and bound himself to make them all life-size.

CEBRIAN [PEDRO]. Master of the Works, _Leon_ Cathedral, A.D. 1175.

CENTELLAS [EL MAESTRO]. Made the Stalls for the Choir of _Palencia_ Cathedral in A.D. 1410. A native of Valencia.

CERVIA [BERENGUER]. Made the terra-cotta Statues in the South Door of GERONA Cathedral in A.D. 1458. He also made a Statue of Sta. Eulalia and a Cross of terra-cotta for a doorway in _Barcelona_ Cathedral.

CESPIDES [DOMINGO]. Maker of the iron Reja, east of the Coro, _Toledo_ Cathedral, in A.D. 1548.

CIPRES [PEDRO]. Maestro Mayor of _Gerona_ Cathedral in A.D. 1430.

ÇOLIVELLA [GUILLERMO]. Master of the Works at _Lérida_ Cathedral, A.D. 1397. He had contracted in A.D. 1391 for the execution of some Statues for a doorway, and was evidently therefore a working Sculptor.

COLONIA [FRANCISCO DE]. Said to have been related to Juan and Simon de Colonia. He was an Architect of Burgos, and was employed in A.D. 1515, and again in 1522, by the Chapter of _Salamanca_ Cathedral, to go there and examine the works to see that J. G. de Hontañon was executing them according to the plan.

COLONIA [JUAN DE]. Designed the upper part of the Western Steeples of _Burgos_ Cathedral. They were commenced in A.D. 1442, and in 1456 one Spire was completed, and the other nearly so. _San Pablo, Valladolid_, is also said by some to be his work in 1463. He was Architect of the Chapel of the Constable at _Burgos_ in 1487, and made the design for the Church at _Miraflores_, for which he was paid 3350 maravedis. He is said to have been a German by birth, and to have been brought to Spain by Bishop Alonso de Cartagena when he returned from the Council of Basel.

COLONIA [SIMON DE]. Completed the Church at _Miraflores_ from A.D. 1488 to 1500. He was son of Juan de Colonia, and died before A.D. 1512.

COMAS [PEDRO]. Maestro Mayor, _San Feliu, Gerona_, in A.D. 1385. He seems to have been Maestro Mayor of _Gerona_ Cathedral from A.D. 1368 to 1397.

COMPTE [PEDRO]. Architect at _Valencia_, employed on the Cathedral, and one of the Architects consulted as to the rebuilding of the Cimborio of _Zaragoza_, and the Architect of the Lonja at _Valencia_. In 1486 he superintended the laying of a marble pavement in the Cathedral there. He is described in a contemporary MS. as being “Molt sabut en l’art de la pedra.” He was made perpetual “Alcaide” of the Lonja, or Exchange, in 1498, with a salary of 30 sueldos a year. He was “Maestro Mayor” of the city, and was employed on some engineering works for it: one of them was the bringing the waters of the river Cabriel to augment those of the Guadalaviar, and in A.D. 1500 he was engaged on another similar work.

COVARRUBIAS [ALONSO DE]. A native of Burgos. He was one of the Architects consulted as to the erection of _Salamanca_ Cathedral in 1513. He competed with Diego de Siloe for the erection of the _Chapel “de los Reyes Nuevos,” Toledo_ Cathedral, and succeeded, 1531-4. Was Maestro Mayor of _Toledo_ from 1534 to 1566. Employed on the Archbishop’s Palace at _Alcalá_. Employed by the King on the Alcazars at _Madrid_ and _Toledo_ in 1537. He was paid 25,000 maravedis a year, and compelled to attend his work six months in the year, during which time he received four reals a day for maintenance. He married Maria de Egas, a daughter, it is thought, of Anequin de Egas; and his son was afterwards Bishop of Segovia. Various Royal writs in reference to his work and payment are given by Cean Bermudez, Arq. de Esp., i. 304-7.

CRUZ [DIEGO DE LA]. Assisted Gil de Siloe in his works in the church at _Miraflores, Burgos_, A.D. 1496 to 1499.

CUMBA [PEDRO DE]. “Magister et fabricator” of the Cathedral at _Lérida_ in A.D. 1203.

DEO [PETRUS DE]. Master of the Works at _San Isidoro, Leon_, in A.D. 1065. He also built a bridge called “de Deo tamben,” and seems to have had a great repute for sanctity.

DOLFIN [EL MAESTRO]. Painter on Glass. Commenced painting the windows of _Toledo_ Cathedral in A.D. 1418.

EGAS [ANEQUIN DE]. Of Brussels. Maestro Mayor of _Toledo_ Cathedral in 1459, and erected the façade “de los Leones” about that year. He had an “aparejador” (or clerk of the works), Juan (or Alfonso?) Fernandez de Llena.

EGAS [ANTON]. In 1509 was engaged at _Toledo_ Cathedral, and received two writs from the King ordering him to go to _Salamanca_ to assist other Architects in deciding on the plan of the new Cathedral. In A.D. 1510, conjointly with Alonso Rodriguez, he drew a plan for the Cathedral.

EGAS [ENRIQUE DE]. Succeeded his father as Maestro Mayor of _Toledo_ in A.D. 1494, and held the office until his death in A.D. 1534. He was summoned with other Architects to decide what should be done after the fall of the Cimborio at _Seville_. He built the Hospital “de los Espiritos,” at _Toledo_, in 1504-1514, and the Royal Hospital at _Santiago_ in 1519. Altered the Mozarabic Chapel at _Toledo_, and built the Hospital of _Sta. Cruz_, _Valladolid_; went in 1515 with two other Architects to examine J. G. de Hontañon’s work at _Seville_, for which he was paid 120 ducats of gold. He and Juan de Alava then made plans together for the _Capilla Mayor_ at _Seville_. He was ordered by the King to go to _Zaragoza_ to examine the Cathedral, but endeavoured to excuse himself on the ground that he had the Royal Hospital at _Santiago_ in hand. In 1529 he appears to have gone again to _Salamanca_ to see whether the work at the Cathedral was being done perfectly by J. G. de Hontañon. He went to _Malaga_ on another occasion with the same object. In a Royal writ issued in his favour, in A.D. 1552, he is called “Maestro de Canteria”--Master of Masonry.

ESCOBEDO [FR. JUAN DE]. A monk of the Convent of El Parral, Segovia. He repaired the Roman Aqueduct at _Segovia_ in A.D. 1481.

ESTACIO. Native of Alexandria, Engineer, constructed the Mole at _Barcelona_, 1477.

FABRE, OR FABRA [JAYME]. Was Architect of the Dominican Convent at _Palma, Mallorca_, in A.D. 1317. This seems to have had a single nave of enormous width. He was ordered in 1307 to go to _Barcelona_ to act as Architect at the Cathedral. In 1339 he assisted at the translation of the remains of Sta. Eulalia to the crypt under the high altar. He is said to have died circa 1388. He seems to have been the architect from whose work most of the later Catalan buildings were derived.

FAVARIIS [JACOBO DE]. A native of Narbonne, and Architect of the Chevet of _Gerona_ Cathedral in A.D. 1320.

FONT [CARLOS]. Of Montearagon. Was consulted with others as to the rebuilding of the Cimborio of _Zaragoza_ Cathedral in A.D. 1500.

FONT [JUAN]. Architect engaged on Steeple at _Manresa_ in A.D. 1572-90.

FORMENT [DAMIAN]. Executed the alabaster Reredos of _Huesca_ Cathedral in 1520-1533.

FRANCES [PEDRO]. Painter on Glass. Executed some of the windows of _Toledo_ Cathedral, circa 1459, in company with two Germans, Pablo and Cristóbal.

FRANCK [JUAN]. One of the Architects employed on the Tower of _Valencia_ Cathedral, between A.D. 1381 and 1418. He was employed in 1389 at the Monastery of _Guadalupe_.

GALLEGO [JUAN]. Master of the Works at _El Parral, Segovia_, in A.D. 1459-1472.

GALLEGO [PEDRO]. “Gobernador de los Torres” at _Leon_ Cathedral in A.D. 1175.

GARCIA [ALVAR]. Architect of _Avila_ Cathedral in A.D. 1091, a native of Navarre.

GOMAR [FRANCISCO]. Executed the Porch in front of the South doorway of _Lérida_ Cathedral, in A.D. 1490.

GOMEZ [ALVAR]. Maestro Mayor of _Toledo_ Cathedral; in A.D. 1418 he designed the West Front and Tower of the Cathedral. The papers in the archives of the Cathedral speak of him as “aparejador de las canteras,” which seems to imply that he was a superintendent of masons. He was appointed to this office in A.D. 1425, and is the first recorded to have held it; from his time the names of the architects of Toledo Cathedral are all known.

GUADALUPE [PEDRO DE]. Made additional Stalls for _Palencia_ Cathedral, and moved the old stalls from the choir into the nave, in A.D. 1518.

GUAL [BARTOLOMÉ]. One of the Architects summoned to the Junta at _Gerona_ in A.D. 1416. At this date he was Maestro Mayor of _Barcelona_ Cathedral, and calls himself “lapicida et magister operis.”

GUAS [JUAN]. Architect of the Convent of San Juan de los Reyes, _Toledo_, commenced in A.D. 1476. His portrait (together with those of his wife and children) is preserved in a mural painting in the Convent.

GUINGUAMPS [JOANNES DE]. “Lapicida” of the town of _Narbonne_, and one of the Junta of Architects at _Gerona_ in A.D. 1416.

GUMIEL [PEDRO]. Architect of SS. Just y Pastor, at _Alcalá de Henares_, in A.D. 1497-1509. He was “Regidor” of the city in 1492, and Architect to Cardinal Ximenes, and both their names were inscribed on the first stone of the College of _San Ildefonso_ at _Alcalá_, which was laid in 1497. He died circa 1516.

GUTIERREZ [ANTONIO]. Executed the Entrance to the Summer Chapter-house, _Toledo_ Cathedral, in A.D. 1504.

HENRICUS. “Magister operis” of _Leon_ Cathedral; he deceased in A.D. 1277.

HOLANDA [ALBERTO DE]. Painter on Glass, of Burgos. Executed several windows in A.D. 1520 for _Avila_ Cathedral at a charge of 82 maravedis the foot.

HONTAÑON [JUAN GIL DE]. Was Maestro Mayor of _Salamanca_ Cathedral when it was resolved to rebuild it. He made plans, which are still (it is said) preserved, with the signatures of four Architects who were called in to advise upon them. He seems, however, to have followed some plans prepared in A.D. 1510 by Alonso Rodriguez and Anton Egas, and to have been appointed Architect in 1513, after having given a joint report with nine other Architects on the mode of construction of the Cathedral. Subsequently other Architects, Martin de Palencia, Francisco de Colonia, Juan de Badajoz, and others, were summoned to _Salamanca_ by the Chapter to certify that he was adhering to the plan originally agreed to. In one of their reports they speak of a plan made by Juan Gil, of which they approve. In 1513, after the fall of the Cimborio at _Seville_, he was summoned (after a Junta of four Architects had reported) to superintend the work, and before 1522 he made plans for the new Cathedral at _Segovia_, which was commenced in that year. He deceased in 1531.

HONTAÑON [JUAN GIL DE]. Son of Juan Gil. Assisted his father in his work at _Salamanca_.

HONTAÑON [RODRIGO GIL DE]. Second son of Juan Gil. Continued his father’s works at _Salamanca_ (with a salary of 30,000 maravedis and a house) and _Segovia_; he erected the Pagan façade of the College at _Alcalá de Henares_, and churches in various towns. In the paper appointing him “Maestro Mayor” of _Salamanca_ Cathedral, he is called “Master of Masonry.” His will proves that he contracted for as well as designed some buildings, as he complains bitterly of the losses he has sustained in this way, especially in the Church of _San Julian_ at _Toro_, for which he could not get paid. This will is dated May 27, 1577.

JUAN [PEDRO]. Sculptor. Executed the Reredos of _Tarragona_ Cathedral in 1426-36.

LAPI [GERI]. Embroiderer, of Florence. He made an Altar-cloth for the Collegiate Church at _Manresa_, which still exists, and is inscribed with his name.

LLENA [JUAN FERNANDEZ DE]. “Aparejador” or assistant to Anequin de Egas, Architect of _Toledo_ Cathedral in A.D. 1459.

LLOBET [MARTIN]. Completed the Micalete at _Valencia_ in A.D. 1424. He seems to have been a mason, and contracted for the execution of the work.

LOQUER [MIGUEL]. Made the Canopies of the Upper Stalls in the Coro of _Barcelona_ Cathedral in A.D. 1483.

LUNA [HURTADO DE]. Maestro Mayor of the Church at _Irun_ in A.D. 1508.

MAEDA [JUAN DE]. Assistant to Diego de Siloe, who by his will, in A.D. 1563, left him all his plans and designs.

MANSO [PEDRO]. Enlarged the Reredos in _Palencia_ in A.D. 1518.

MATHEUS. Master of the Works of _Santiago_ Cathedral, from A.D. 1168 to 1188.

MATIENZO [G. FERNANDEZ DE]. Architect of Church at _Miraflores_, from A.D. 1466 to 1488, after the death of Juan de Colonia.

MOTA [GUILLERMUS DE LA]. “Socius magistri” of _Tarragona_ Cathedral, and one of the Junta of Architects at _Gerona_ in A.D. 1416. He completed the Retablo of _Tarragona_ Cathedral (commenced by Pedro Juan in 1426).

NARBONNE [ENRIQUE OF]. Architect of Chevet of _Gerona_ Cathedral in A.D. 1316.

NAVARRO [MIGUEL]. Contracted for the erection of the Cloisters of _San Francesco el Grande, Valencia_, in A.D. 1421.

NIETO [ALONSO]. Appointed “Obrero Mayor” of the Works at the Castle “de la Mota,” _Medina del Campo_, in A.D. 1479.

OLOTZAGA [JUAN DE]. Designed and commenced the Cathedral at _Huesca_ in A.D. 1400. He is said to have carved the statues for the façade.

OROZCO [JUAN DE]. One of the Junta of Architects assembled at _Salamanca_ in A.D. 1512.

ORTIZ [PABLO]. Executed the Monuments of the Constable Alvaro de Luna and his wife, in the _Chapel of Santiago_ in _Toledo_ Cathedral. He obtained this work in a competition, and contracted for its execution in A.D. 1489.

PARADISO [MATEO]. Architect of the Tower on the Bridge of Alcantara, _Toledo_, in A.D. 1217.

PEÑAFREYTA [PEDRO DE]. Master of the Works of _Lérida_ Cathedral, deceased in A.D. 1286.

PEREZ [PEDRO] or “PETRUS PETRI.” Master of the Works of _Toledo_ Cathedral. He deceased in A.D. 1290.

PITUENGA [FLORIN DE]. Superintendent of Works in building the Walls of _Avila_ in A.D. 1090. He is said to have been a Frenchman.

PLANA [FRANCISCO DE]. A Catalan, Maestro Mayor of _Gerona_ Cathedral circa A.D. 1346-1368.

RAYMUNDO. Master of the Works of _Lugo_ Cathedral, which was commenced in A.D. 1129. The agreement for his payment is given at p. 131. He was evidently the Architect, and not the builder, of the Cathedral.

RIO [FRANCISCO DEL]. Built the Steeple of La Magdalena, _Valladolid_, under contract, and according to the plans of Rodrigo Gil de Hontañon, in 1570.

ROAN [GUILLEN DE]. Maestro Mayor of _Leon_ Cathedral; he deceased in A.D. 1431, and on his monument he is called “Maestro” of Leon and “aparejador” of a chapel at _Tordesillas_, in which he was buried.

RODRIGO. Sculptor of the lower range of Stalls in the Coro of _Toledo_ Cathedral in A.D. 1495.

RODRIGUEZ [ALONSO]. Maestro Mayor of _Seville_ Cathedral in A.D. 1503. In 1510, at the command of the King, he went to _Salamanca_ with Anton Egas, and prepared a plan for rebuilding the Cathedral, and afterwards went to the island of _San Domingo_ to build a Church at _Sanlucar_.

RODRIGUEZ [GASPAR.] Made the Iron Screen across the Coro of _Palencia_ Cathedral in A.D. 1555.

RODRIGUEZ [JUAN]. Built the Church of _San Pablo, Burgos_, between A.D. 1415 and 1435.

ROMANO [CASANDRO]. Superintendent of Works in building the Walls of _Avila_ in A.D. 1090.

ROQUE [EL MAESTRO]. Built the Cloister of _Barcelona_ Cathedral, which was completed in A.D. 1448. He was appointed Master of the Works in A.D. 1388.

RUAN [CARLOS GALTES DE]. Master of the Works at _Lérida_ Cathedral A.D. 1397 to 1416. He was employed on the Campanile.

RUESGA [JUAN DE]. An inhabitant of _Segovia_. Was employed by the monks of _El Parral_ to reconstruct the Gallery for the Coro in their Church in A.D. 1494; he also completed _Palencia_ Cathedral A.D. 1506-1510, and seems to have been a builder rather than an architect.

SAGRERA [GUILLERMO]. Master of the Works of _S. John, Perpiñan_, in A.D. 1416. In the same year he served on the Junta of Architects at _Gerona_. In 1426 commenced the Lonja or Exchange at _Palma_ in _Mallorca_, for which he was both Architect and Contractor, and carried it on until A.D. 1448 or 1450, when he quarrelled and went to law with his employers. He then went to _Naples_, and commenced the _Castel Nuovo_ there in 1450, of which he is described as “Protomagister” in a Royal writ of that year.

SALÓRZANO [MARTIN DE]. Contracted to complete _Palencia_ Cathedral in A.D. 1504, and deceased in 1506.

SANCHEZ [BONIFACIO]. Was Maestro Mayor of _Toledo_ Cathedral in A.D. 1481-94, and designed the Entrance to the old Sacristy.

SANCHEZ [MARTIN]. Executed the Stalls in the Coro of the Church at _Miraflores_, near _Burgos_, in A.D. 1480.

SANCHEZ [PEDRO]. “Mayordomo” of the Castle at _Burgos_ during its construction in A.D. 1295.

SAN JUAN [PEDRO DE]. A native of Picardy, and Maestro Mayor of _Gerona_ Cathedral in A.D. 1397.

SANTA CELAY [MIGUEL DE]. Architect of the Church of _San Vicente, San Sebastian_, in A.D. 1507.

SANTILLANA [JUAN DE]. Executed the painted glass at _Miraflores, Burgos_, circa 1480.

SARAVIA [RODRIGO DE]. One of the Junta of Architects assembled at _Salamanca_ in A.D. 1512.

SILOE [DIEGO DE]. Son of Gil de Siloe the Sculptor. One of the revivers of Pagan art in Spain. He executed various works in _Granada_, _Seville_, and _Malaga_, and deceased in A.D. 1563.

SILOE [GIL DE]. Sculptor of the Monuments of Juan and Isabel, and of Alfonso their son, in the Church at _Miraflores, Burgos_, and of the Retablo in the same Church, between A.D. 1486 and 1499.

TORNERO [JUAN]. One of the Junta of Architects at _Salamanca_ in A.D. 1512.

TUDELILLA. Of _Tarazona_. Architect of the Cloister of _Sta. Engracia, Zaragoza_, in A.D. 1536.

URRUTIA [JUAN DE]. Architect of the Church of _San Vicente, San Sebastian_, A.D. 1507.

VALDEVIESO [JUAN DE]. Executed Stained-glass in the Church at _Miraflores_ in A.D. 1480.

VALDOMAR. Architect of West end of Nave of _Valencia_ Cathedral in A.D. 1459.

VALLEJO [JUAN DE]. One of the Architects of _Burgos_ Cathedral. He was consulted as to the rebuilding of _Salamanca_ Cathedral in 1512, and wrought under Felipe de Borgoña in rebuilding the Cimborio of _Burgos_ Cathedral, between A.D. 1539 and 1567. He built the Renaissance Gateway on the East side of the South Transept between 1514 and 1524.

VALL-LLEBRERA [PEDRO DE]. Architect of the Steeple of _Sta. Maria Cervera_, A.D. 1431.

VALLERAS [ARNALDUS DE]. “Lapicida” and “Magister operis” of the Collegiata at _Manresa_. One of the Junta of Architects consulted at _Gerona_ in A.D. 1416.

VALLFOGONA [BERNARDO DE]. Maestro Mayor of _Tarragona_ Cathedral in A.D. 1375.

VALLFOGONA [PEDRO DE]. Executed Reredos of High Altar, _Tarragona_, and was one of the Junta of Architects at _Gerona_ in A.D. 1416.

VALMESEDA [JUAN DE]. Executed the Statues in the Reredos, _Palencia_ Cathedral, in A.D. 1518.

VANTIER [ROLLINUS]. Maestro Mayor of _Gerona_ Cathedral in A.D. 1427.

XULBE [JOHANNES DE]. One of the Junta of Architects assembled at _Gerona_ in A.D. 1416. He describes himself as son of Paschasius de Xulbe and “Lapicida.”

XULBE [PASCHASIUS DE]. Master of the Works of Church at _Tortosa_, and one of the Junta of Architects at _Gerona_ in A.D. 1416.

ZACOMA [PEDRO]. Architect of the Tower of _San Feliu, Gerona_, in A.D. 1368.

(C.)

DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW CATHEDRAL AT SALAMANCA.

_Royal Order of Ferdinand the Catholic, requiring Alfonso Rodriguez
to go to Salamanca to choose the site and to make a design for the
Construction of the Cathedral._

The KING to the MASTER MAJOR of the Works of the Church of Seville.

Since it has now to be decided how the Church of Salamanca may be made, in order that the building and its design may be made as it ought, I agree that you may be present there. I charge and command you that, instantly leaving all other things, you may come to the said city of Salamanca, and, jointly with the other persons who are there, you may see the site where the said church has to be built, and may make a drawing for it, and in all things may give your judgment how it may be the most suited to the Divine worship and to the ornature of the said church; which, having come to pass, then your salary shall be paid; which I shall receive return for in this service.

Done in Valladolid, the 23rd day of the month of November, 1509, &c.[456]

_Order of the Queen Doña Juana to the same._

Recites that the King, her Lord and Father, had given an order, which she repeats, quoting the document above given, and then proceeds:--“And now, on the part of the Church of the said city of Salamanca, relation has been made me, that, although the said order was notified to you, until now you have not come to do anything in the business of which mention is made therein, making various excuses and delays; and it has been demanded of me, as for this cause of your not having come there is much delay in the work of the said church, to order you at once to come to the said city of Salamanca to make yourself acquainted with the affairs contained in the said order, as was by it commanded, or as my will might be; which, being seen by those of my council, it was agreed that I should order this my letter to be given for the said reason; and I find it good, as I command you, that immediately that this my letter shall be made known to you, without making any excuse or delay, you shall go to the said city of Salamanca, according and as by the said order was commanded, in order that, conjointly with the other persons who have to make themselves acquainted with the before-said matter, thou mayest give a plan how the said church may be made, which done, the salary will be paid you for the said church, which you are entitled to have for the coming, and staying, and returning to your house; and thou mayest not fail in this, under pain of my displeasure, and of 50,000 maravedis for my treasury.

“Given in the most noble city of Valladolid, 26th day of the month of January, from the birth of our Saviour Jesus Christ 1510 years.”[457]

_Writ of Ferdinand the Catholic to Anton Egas, ordering him to go
to Salamanca to choose the site and make the plan for the
Cathedral, November 23rd, 1509._

Anton Egas is ordered to go at once, and, jointly with the other architects there assembled, make a plan, &c.; which done, his salary, which he receives on service, shall be paid him there. This writ is endorsed as having been served on his two maids, Maria and Catalina, he and his wife being both away.

_Declaration or Information which Alonso Rodriguez and Anton Egas
made before the Chapter of Salamanca on the mode of constructing
the Cathedral._

In Salamanca, the second day of the month of May, 1510, Señor Gonzalo de San Vicente, representative of S. A., being with the Chapter, present the Reverend Señors D. Alfonso Pereira, Dean of Salamanca, and other persons, dignitaries and beneficiaries, who were in Chapter, in order to acquaint themselves touching the order and plan of their church, oath being taken in the due form by the Señors Alonso Rodriguez, Maestro of Seville, and Anton Egas, Maestro of Toledo, persons deputed by his Highness for the ordering and planning of the said church, that all affection and passion, partiality and interest, or any other cause, being well and faithfully postponed, they determine and declare, according to God and their conscience, the most commodious plan and site that may be fitting for the adornment of the said church, and for the utility of it and of this city, without prejudice and wrong to the Schools of this University of Salamanca; both of whom made the said oath, and replied to its confession, and said, “So I swear, and Amen.”

And under the said oath they presented a plan and outline of the said church, drawn on parchment to the heights and widths of the naves, and thicknesses of the walls, and projections of the buttresses, the whole taken in writing by me the said notary; the which they affirmed by their names in my presence, and said that the site marked out by them for where the said church--our Lord permitting--ought to be, would not do any wrong or prejudice to the said Schools, rather they would be benefited and adorned, because the site of the said church commences ten feet further from the gate “del Apeadero” of the Schools, being set back from the street by the said Schools fifty feet, in front of the said church, from the line of the church as it now is. And because there was a diversity in the opinion of these Masters as to the proportion of length to breadth in the Capilla mayor, they agreed to meet in Toledo in ten days, and to select an umpire between them if it were necessary, so that the decision should be arrived at with more circumspection, and sent within fifteen days to the said Señor San Vicente, or to this Chapter.[458]

_Declaration or Judgment which was pronounced in Salamanca in a
Junta which was held Sept. 3rd, 1512, by the Masters of
Architecture Anton Egas, Juan Gil de Hontañon, Juan de Badajos,
Juan de Alava, Juan de Orozco, Alonzo de Covarrubias, Juan Tornero,
Rodrigo de Saravia, and Juan Campero, as to the mode of
constructing the Cathedral._

That which appears to the Masters who were called and assembled by the most reverend and most magnificent in Christ, Father and Lord Don Francisco de Bobadilla, by the grace of God, and of the Holy Church of Rome, Bishop of Salamanca, and of the Council of the Queen our Lady, and by the Reverend the Dean and Chapter of the Church of Salamanca, to give the plan of the site and building of this holy church and temple, which it has been unanimously decided by the said Lord Bishop and Chapter--our Lord helping--to make and begin, is as follows:--

Firstly, the said Masters decided that the site of the church should be in length as far as the church of San Cebrian, and in width as far as the Schools.

_Item._--That the three clear naves should begin from the line of the tower unto the place of the Schools, so that all the three doors of the front may show themselves and be clear of the tower.

_Item._--They determine that the church should be directed and turned as much as possible to the east; and it appears to them that it can turn directly to the said east.

_Item._--They determine that the principal nave may have fifty feet in width in the clear, and a hundred and ten in height.

_Item._--That the side naves shall have thirty-seven feet in clear width, and seventy feet in height, or seventy-five, not being of the height of the other.

_Item._--They determine that the chapels opened in the side walls may have twenty-seven feet in clear width, and forty-three or forty-five in height.

_Item._--That the three gable walls of the west front may have all three seven feet of thickness, and the side walls throughout the church six feet; but to some of the said Masters it appeared that the end walls should be eight feet in thickness.

_Item._--That the buttresses of the end walls may project beyond the wall twelve feet, and in thickness may have seven feet in front.

_Item._--That the buttresses of all the side walls of the church may be five feet thick in front, and project six feet beyond the wall outside.

_Item._--That the divisions of the chapels in the walls may be seven feet thick.

_Item._--That the four principal columns of the Cimborio may be eleven-and-a-half feet thick.

_Item._--They determine that the head of the Trascoro may be octagonal.[459]

_Item._--They determine that the Capilla mayor may have in length and breadth two chapels of the sides.

_Item._--That the chapels in the walls of the Trascoro may be twenty-seven feet in depth from wall to wall, and that in the spaces of the walls and buttresses in the angles of the octagons, which are formed between the chapels on the outside, sacristies for each chapel may be made.

_Item._--They declare that the feet of which in this their declaration and determination mention is made, are to be taken as the third of a yard; and (marking out the form of the said church) the said Masters declare that from the mark towards the door of the Schools to the first step there may be seven yards and a third, which is twenty-two feet.

_Item._--They declare that the wall of the west front within the tower has to be begun forty-nine feet from the corner of the said tower on the inside, and should be in thickness from there forward so much as to leave forty-nine feet of the tower visible.

_Item._--They declare that the wall of the side nave, from towards the old church, has to come with the side of the tower, and has to contract itself the thickness of the said wall in the said tower.

And inasmuch as some persons, as well members of the Chapter as out of it, have held certain opinions in regard to the site of the said building, and where it ought to stand, the said Lord Bishop and Chapter, desiring to avoid and escape such opinions as at present and in future may impede the order and form of the said building, command the said Masters to give the reasons and motives that may have moved them to direct and propose the site and position determined on by them, and not the other places, lines, or sites suggested; and that they should say specifically for their satisfaction why, with all quietness and willingness, the order, form, and site laid down by them may be followed. The which said Masters, in order to satisfy the persons who either held or might hold opinions contrary to their own, gave the following reasons:--

Firstly. That making or putting the church in another part or site than that determined on by them, it and its cloister would be separated from the view of the city, and would be concealed; that it could not be seen round about, only the end wall by itself, and the Chevet by itself, and there would be no entire view.

The second reason is, that the said church would be put behind the schools from the Crossing almost to the end, where the best view and the most frequented part of the church ought to be, because there the doors have to be placed.

The third reason is, that of the cloister--which already exists--the two parts are so placed that it would leave a narrow passage between the church and the Archbishop’s chapel, and the library and Chapter-house, and the said chapels would remain separated, and one would enter them from the narrow passage, and in a roundabout way; for though it might be desired to make a door from the Chevet, it could not be done, because the sacristy would prevent it.

The fourth reason which they give is, that if the said church has to be moved to another site opposed to that declared and determined on by them, the tower would have to be destroyed, which is a good and singular work, and could not be rebuilt without a great sum of maravedis, and the church could not be without a tower.

The fifth reason is, that if the said church has to be moved to another site, it will be necessary to take down the house of the said Lord Bishop, and to restore it opposite the front of the church; and in order to restore it, besides the great sum of maravedis it would cost, it would be necessary to destroy fourteen houses, the rent of which is of much value, and this would be costly to the church, and involve loss to the treasury of the Chapter.

The sixth reason is, that in order to make the cloister on another site contrary to their determination, many houses must be taken; and in order to make it on the south, it would be necessary to go into it by what is called the River-door, and afterwards to be more away from the city, and out of view; and it would be very costly to make the foundations of such great depth, and to raise the walls to the level of the church.

The seventh reason which they give is, that the Chevet of the church would cover the door of the chapel of the Archbishop and the library in order to join them.

The eighth reason which they give is, that the Crossing would not come in the line of any street, and there would be no way out by way of the cloister, because the new and old cloister would stop it; and supposing a remedy to be sought, by separating the new cloister, it would be so high when they had to go out, that it would have at least more than fifteen steps, and the entrance would be by a narrow passage; because on one part would be the new cloister, and on the other part of the old cloister the chapel of the Archbishop.

The ninth reason which they give is, that the church would encroach upon the principal street of the schools, which comes before the house of his Lordship, and the other street, “_del Desafiadero_;” so that if there was none at the apse of the church there would be no way out; and the height of the church, putting it so much between the sun and the schools on the south, would take away much of their light, and darken them much.

The which reasons they give against the opinions of them who say or desire to say that the site of the said church should be towards the house of the Lord Bishop, and towards the street “_del Desafiadero_;” and in order to answer the other opinion of some who argue that the site of the said church could go through the cloister, which is already built to the River bridge, because this would not be a convenient site for the church; and in order to oppose the opinion for it, they give the following reasons:--

Firstly. That it would be more separated from the city, and would not go well with the schools, and would lack the appearance which it would have going, as is agreed, towards the schools.

The second reason which they give is, that it would stand at an angle with the schools, and would be an ugly thing, and the façades of the church and the schools would not be harmonized together by the said arrangement of the plan.

The third reason which they give is, that the Plaza of the Lord Bishop’s house would be narrowed in great part, so that the Plaza would be a street; and the height of the church would shut out the sun from the said house of his Lordship, and would stifle it very much; and the doors of the church would be behind the tower in the view as one comes from the city through the Street of the Schools.

The fourth reason which they give is, that the west front of the church would have to join the wall of the Archbishop’s chapel, and through its inequality and depth it would be necessary to have many steps through that part, and towards the town not any, and this would be a defective and ugly thing.

The fifth reason which they give is, that, making the cloister towards the Schools, all the view of the church would be shut out, and the cloister would be gloomy, and it would be without the harmony and order of good churches, and without grace.

The sixth reason which they give is, that the church standing close to the chapel of the Archbishop and the library, its height would shut out the light from the small chapels in the walls, and there would be no exit for the water from the roof of the middle of the church at that part.

The seventh reason which they give is, that in order to make the new church it would be necessary to clear out immediately all the church and the cloister, and the chapel of the Doctor of Talavera, and of Sta. Barbara, and the Chapter-house; and in their opinion it would be a grand inconvenience to be so many years without having where to celebrate the Divine offices.

The eighth reason which they give is, that if the church is separated from above, and put as in a corner, part in the shade through the one part of the tower and the cloister, and through the other of the library and the chapel of the Archbishop, it could not have as much of its walls in light as is convenient.

The ninth reason which they give is, that the door of the transept would come out so high from the street, in their opinion, as more than ten or twelve steps, and would cut across the street “_del Chantre_” and would be bad in its arrangement, and a place where nuisance would be caused.

This opinion having been given, it is then pronounced by the deputies appointed by the Chapter to confer with the architects, that as they were all agreed both as to the site and as to the general form of the church, and as they are such learned and skilful men, and experienced in their art, their opinion ought certainly to be acted on. But for the more certainty it was thought well to make every one of the architects take an oath, “by God and St. Mary, under whose invocation the church is, and upon the sign of the cross, upon which they and each of them put their right hands bodily,” that they had spoken the entire truth, which each of them did, saying “So I swear, and amen.”[460]