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to pray. The Capilla de la Trinidad has some 

 good paintings, among them a Trinity by Cano, 

 two miniatures on copper by the same artist, 

 a Death of St. Joseph by Maratta, and copies of 

 works by Raphael and Ribera. There are genuine 

 Riberas (The Child Jesus, St. Laurence, and St. 

 Mary Magdalene) and more works by Cano in 

 the extravagant eighteenth-century chapel of 

 Jesus Nazareno. After this comes the handsome 

 Gothic door of the Chapel Royal, by Enrique 

 Egas ; and beyond that the Chapel of Santiago, 

 with a fine equestrian statue of the Patron 

 Saint of Spain, presented to the Cathedral by 

 the City in 1640. The old painting of the Virgen 

 del Perdon was given to Isabella the Catholic 

 by Innocent VIII., and used to be carried about 

 by the queen. It is publicly venerated (not 

 worshipped or adored, please note) on the anni- 

 versary of the Reconquest, January 2. 



Passing the Cathedral sacristy with its hand- 

 some door by Siloe, we pause before the Puerta 

 del Colegio. Behind the sculptured Ecce Homo, 

 it is said Maeda carved a Lucifer of extraordinary 

 beauty. He applied to Siloe for permission to 

 give a proof of his skill, and was told by the 

 testy architect to sculpture the Devil himself 

 if he wanted to. Maeda was wag enough to 

 take him at his word. 



The chapel of Santa Ana covers the vault 



