Show M V RELI IOUS O OR SPAIN In Old Tollo Th Ca Which W Six In j and Several Sovereigns 2 n U u fl M II w Il w Il w Il w l W W t Special Correspondence Toleo Toledo Spain May J I writing a book on cathedrals I 1 should b be tempted to imitate Senor Par Patio su au author thor ot of a celebrated Vork ork 0 Spain who devoted hl o of It Its pages al tu t the cathedral otoo of pronounces II 11 the h must lat Perfect specimen of architecture in existence certainly I it I iS the tho greateSt sight In this storehouse of rems ald tau ur I or tb lisa pou pious ar Cit of ef bUlder builders who blent wih with t to t time al alot ot of od lod d d WIn r Intensifies the I It In t rut ot of his music mule by orl Of ili poetry end and accessories More tha than six hundred years In build lag this C cathedral absorbed lh the revenues of several reigns and aud the rents ot of one ot of the wealthiest sees In InIn Inin In Generation after atler generation I its slowly rising walls l were watched by the ppl peopLe Men en wee were bor born grew rw old and die died leaving the labor Ibor to 10 their 10 xo tok took It up and carrie carried I It Itoh on oh until their turn came to go U the way war of al all the earth Then Tilen their chii dren ad and childrens children tarrIed I it 1 so Oat that when at last lut It stood It represented not one kin king Lw br de leIt ge but many generations I It the site Ite of a cathedral which existed before the COMING TUB MOORE tradition la says that the nut church was ae buit built during the lifetime of the VIrgin Mary ly and that tbt uhe he wor worshipped shipped I if tr true mak I it the old oldest lt church In Christendom At say any rate rat on a certain near Dear t the hh high altar ma may b be an seen the mark of a imail shoe hol which I is said aid to l be a ot of the Virgin hell hellI herself I It I ii not Improbable that Ime some temple stood h here long before Marys lary day Inee since the the city a antedates the birth ot of Christ by two or three centuries An dent clent history tells u us that Menus aru J Flu lu luIU nag IU tok took It Ita 93 n 11 c The Jor Moors tame tamed the old curch church Into a mosque and It for tor the worshIp ot of Allah abut about our hundred yere years When they were erf conquered by the Spaniards VI I gave ave them his solemn prom le Lie that they should hould retain I It Not loo long afterwards tIme the kin king had bid occasion to leave th the city I In hi his temporary Bernardo the arh arch archbishop bishop backed by the quen queen who was wae wasa a natIve ot of France like seised I t the mosque turned out til the Moor Moors ant and reconstructed It U as a cathedral When the ki king heard how hi ryal royal ward hat had b haifa broken he ha returned to Toledo In ina R a towering that lie he would burn at the stake both Quen queen end and bIshop Riding Into the city lie he met meta I a crowd erod of Moor orl and called out to them Ihm that the Injury had been himself who had bad solemnly given lv 1 ht hi oath rather thal than to them ard and that their mosque should b be The wil wise however him to let them release him from II his oth oath whereat a the chronicler the kIn king had great joy ald and the mater matter ended nde peacefully Mot Most ot of time the old building was pule pulled down In the ho year far 1227 durIng durin the reign ot of Don Fernando II III that great reat dl the of at mosque who himself laid the corner stone ton ot of the 1 new steno lure ture From that tIme up to the century additions and alterations Were constantly being mae made Padl MOlt MOB IT ITIn In end and It was V sacked In by Invader under General L La lie same a who looted the Erial to this It must mut lists he been en a mine ot of wealth and art art During several centuries al all the foremost art 11 lit ut of the world hd had ben been employed b by bythe the richest prelates ot of Spain to make mak thu aher the worthy worth seat ot of a primacy which yet et ranks lond second In iii the Human Itoman Catholic hierarchy here u as at Burl and IAn Leon the pope ln anti king kine or of Spin Spain were canons and lind the monarch WI was always lne fined two thousand mare mara vedis for nonattendance In choir 01 on fiesta da days Jut But ala alas Times mM have changed In Spain an and the Power of the Irle tl h has adl sadly waned Most or of the have been suppressed d though the I Is still tl leonI second In indignity dignity only to the king noby nobody rai fails upon bl his knees to kiss kiN the ring upon un his hll hand and merl mere handfuls of t people mot mostly women attend divine servIce Could he Impose Proportional Ins In these dRY days on al all Spanish Catholics who fal fall to go 10 to church hf he would soon on become the richest man In Iii the world JI It is II Impossible to In get et a lo good exterior view ot of the cathedral because It Is III In on all 1 Id by a network of narrow winding ales alleys 1 so that I It ba has no distance to II give ve the proper effect fet and under its walls on one can an ha have Itt little ivies ot of its tul full majesty Th l figures of Uw the ground feet Ion long by feet wile fail tn ti you IU and the great square and nd tower loks Iok without perspective Thu tower b by bythe the WY way tt rises square 10 f feet 1 then tOR changes hanl Into an octagon claron with bold tur turrI rI r ti and pinnacles and aOe above that thaI is II a aspIre spIre 1 by triple rows row of metal rR rays th the entire height 35 feet Along tIl the facade statues are ranged or celebrities and native saints 11 strangely traly associated with hydras end and centaurs end and other monsters ot of heathen mythology The three bronse doors the door or of paron pardon the dor door or of hell end and I time the dor door ot of with wiLl their exquisite PIcturesque designs an and r gre t tesque ut knockers form an a appropriate finish to te the tone stone by which the they ar are surrounded What carving What a world or of statues and Ind flowers living and breathing under the chisels ot of from the mt muter r halda hands that evolved them TIn STONE TO The windows ln o ar their tint tInts mellowed by a ikI like th tb setting of 01 costly gems emeralds lop topaz and aud rubies seven and hILly ot of tb the splendid wind windows of oC stained glass h which th the lIt light filters like G k arches In a thousand xe roo ate mt azure aure and alen hues The TheS There S I R a fifty fot foot with Id ni na and tour al ala aisle a and the Wi fret abe above rests t upon marble pillars Th These 11 lIters resolve th mh Into groups ot of shafts some Ir of Ip the arch I pa hlf half way to Ma rise and bending with Ith the cure of ofa ofa a jaim arId nd t h roof or of the nay nav Thi Th I in ti I mr with hh fk hy by ja r th Ih altar are tombs tomb or of early arl kin kings and VII 11 tan itan rho cho del Dudo ii 11 Bravo I ld th the Infante In hitch al all allin tn in th the place itt r greateN honor r In an urn un on rn i nI I f I the of I Ii who I till h plans ni hl hat t tu to tuu u If I isn I th h k c o nan HIl lii a unc u Ut the in IA Cut Castil ad and tp he reconciled within him himself self pi the apparently InconsIstent qUI quail ties or of priest warrior and statesman As bl MII et forth the tills ot of r tUI tius Up KII or of Kan aln from the Ihl In iii wh h 1 ii the the sv v 1 y with F anil Isabella Cardinal great t pre prel V I ate t who waa ones the 11 an friar a splendid which hl hangs I Il hIs scarlet him hat covered with the or it three t hundred and amid tt fifty erR kind of Every Spanish cathedral It is I a Abb Abbey end tb Ibis lt of r h hI l lIs I Is particularly lb In famous tou I ot of It Iii twenty chal f t fet lii Ii feet long and nh fifty wide Ia 18 1 11 and In 1111 Iii 1 Ii I V rl rai Il it IV I 1 h he 1 I II as al lala I II V I II lie I ia al InI I hI lii Ih I 1 II V I wun i II i ii J ii J 11 b I I 1 ti I f iC vr or IM ti ib o Vf I I Il I I CO Vanie nIJ V ur of ut I i 1 thi lm h o 11 i I I UI II I I i C ial al ails if f the I 1 by il ia a athe the t Ila Ia l 1 v 7 hn h fl ILl I tak taki n In th I ii Vii V f J I the de Tol I I Ii lrI iii th the u r un II by the roul gl I iy t I th Id l I tl of Il Ir r 1 Ii hOSt Ho I I h that thul I 1 founded 1 by Alfonso VIII 11 IHDE awn back In a t tl ti II ui anti improved 1 by 01 Oil de who ho M Vt burled within It In th 11 l l Th saInt was U burn born In wal U LI famous Ir or thi u of the Immaculate tWelve ln lure tunes before 1 It Ul Las ll by IX tilt UK uc litti t 11 III In gratitude to allt in I tame ulme down hint und md sat 1 in his hll It seat In the ud and guin she he app red In t the hc cam II m pIce coil put the un on hl hie I I 1 tb I CUI course this holy is 18 In inthe the chapel tt IH 1111 I mt mate ot of Toledo t hl it h ct died In t ht hi hiyer yer year II 17 And a ici 11 ill time the feet ut or I Santa Durn the Moorish h Invasion hi isle by body wal was ut Tle led off to lu lurther together gether with that tbt tr or III In and Wil Willot lot lost for tor more th that tx yours untIl tn In the year l jH I a shop hep hepherd herd tn In tint at alit ot of b being u a thief replied I wu was le led her here by Kan who al appeared In before betor mu ml muto to this apt spot and Ihen Theme upon Alono Alfonso VII IlI hai th hO place lace dUI lug luga a b aa found ant and f a buit eve el It wherein r were performed As Zur 1 claimed the primacy ot of Ulle th tb Virgin appeared to e Tole Toledo OW owes I its elevation hi ii Castile to lu her visIts to San o Cardinal d e 8 sImm 11 In the spot pot where Ih she lof loftY pie pile O if open 11 11 richly carved wih with bUI butu rl details or ut Ih story Iho ry slab Iab of Jd red jasper Oi in the In stood Is II here bere Ir roiled or off 11 tutu Inscribed In lou loco uhl petits t ejus an anA time muli I tude have Worn orn th away wih with their kl kisses The Virgins I which ont one may Iy Dy paying I a Imal small um sum I is a sight Ight lad Indeed Un man mantie mantie tie of AD GOLD coth cloth la is embroidered wll seventy eight thousand rl real paine bald besides mul ot of diamonds and r zu bin UI Ther There are countless robes of various colo coloN ot of roh rich of e em give given by kl kings and queens PP popes archbishops and wealthy I Ia dl dies Hr cW crown without It Its Jewel cout ad and he her bh brooches and other jewelery ate o the rn ran eln Cohn ot of several In In D th the worship of the VirgIn S Is something t like that 1 ld to an earthly queen and aM a as IUn an od oddly 1 practIcal character lb h lisa a ral royal crown a household formed of the th greateSt lula of the theland land who provide for he her wardrobes her tet fetes and 1114 abd sh she ha has al also landl landed estates t lit left to her In legacies from n a sacred revenue venue II is derIved The great reat qu queen ot of thIs cathedral II Ii carved ot of black wo wood arId and I is seated on a Ilver silver throne throne under a canopy supported by alabaster piar pillars In the year ear ill 1 It was wa fYe saved from ro the by an Englishman who hid It ItIn itin In a vaul vault whre I U remained at a the ot of To Toledo d The tam am amous OUI ous dk clock WI made In 1115 and In I it te this following 1 Wain employed 5 ounces ounce r ot of various sties 1 I 00 ounces ounce if I gold I thread 11 funCH ounces ot of small pitIes Jf t enamelled Wd gold and 1 10 ounces ounce or of emeralds al amid other precious atones tonel It I Is a marvel ot of tb the jeweler matull material concealed by y atones tone hit black ane and pink I 15 ril na and genie ere of 01 color sad wate water wrought into l cents I stars D V C Queerest ot of al aD the Ii t buit built by AIr Alvero do O 0 ot grand crand Ite master of o On 1 o a Santtago and Prime mill i of Jon oD If H whose mind ad and 01 ruled for nearly 1 lw In ryal royal sad Ind when h out WI wei followed by aD sad b be beheld held th three thousand In lances I In ki his pay I III brought abot I imar mr between hi bl kl king al aM Ibella of who became hi his o BITTEREST ENEY ENEMY and whO whose ascendancy her bar hu bus band was finally naly the c euse o of Jl lii rin ruIn le lie wu was executed Of on a chate charge of hIgh te the pIza of but Io nods being ln 1 hot Is II the reward ot at to tomy tomy my kin king D bl lifetime h hi Jd d d tOI to for himself aD hi his beloved wife te But when h he was ae h his mr lied had th them Irl up J N thaw e wr were made It into two u now stand St at tle the et t t Mayor The of alabaster 11 o rich bt but i tl sr dl due to the Ilat fillet pity piety o of his T The original tombs O oat top statues tata ot of u u provided wit springs ad arid malim 8 ao that at eYe every elevation 0 of t the It Host tb they r rose roseto to their tt feet te bowed knelt In Ia prayer and 11 then ten when mw w was over per folded their hands band un bronze bt ald and I lay down again In Vt a pU pity tt that th these strange alm specimens ot of ml 1 Ingenuity could f lav have been spared O On tom tombs and f flour olIg a end pr wall ai ap appears r t the sculptured dt of 01 the Lun Lanaia head lall grasping a en eras oat cent an sad above U time alter a r the Ule equestrian etu status a of In patron paint tra Un IJ prostrate Moors Ien fitting emblem ot of tM the don o of If norn art arl norance a and m crime 0 over Inteli and artIn arlIn In tie the l ite Ion Chapel of f Nt New o nm named t to I it from lb the O In which kings f of eler times are N breI lie th till 1 bones of at many 10 n 8 r t I rosa U IPe her here herein I in J bl his wit wife Ind and son to o tata de Lal lt 1411 Il daL of John of nt Al All tl the other chapels 11 o U are equal equally ul ulI I ly j Interesting nl bu but t I It W require r day dayto to tn explore th the twenty an ai eusry page In Inthis this raper r to describe tl them W We le en ein not It leave the without me men tf of the a t large e Dr the great w Ir door 1 Its hlo Ii this At th Ito O the M 4 themselves gallantly ofa ald and when they the bt best they could Chief am the terms term they Insisted upon ulOn was they might pre nrc sl five fhe hurdlE churches in III which there houll bet be absolute liberty y or of tor who wh remained faithful to Thus rhul through lit tour four hundred years yeara of rul faith C t was tIt hopt alIve alte In Toledo lint and Ill HI Uh ful bOIl I the name lit hf M c mixed with Arab I It 1 il |