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intended for the archbishops, and contains a 

 good sixteenth-century altar-piece, and a St. 

 Jean de Matha (a Frenchman, not a Spaniard) 

 by Bocanegra. The six chapels that follow 

 present no features of interest. The fourth chapel 

 on the left side of the Cathedral is named La 

 Virgen de la Antigua, after a Gothic image greatly 

 venerated by Ferdinand the Catholic, and regarded 

 with great reverence by the devout of Granada. 

 Here are two portraits by Juan de Sevilla of Fer- 

 dinand and Isabella at prayer ; the king is clad 

 in armour. The paintings are in the Venetian 

 style. Of the retablo by Cornejo, the less said 

 the better. Cano's realistic heads of Saints 

 John and Paul reflect the fondness of the pietists 

 of his day for the morbid they are in the Chapel 

 of the Virgen del Carmen. The first chapel, 

 or baptistry, was erected by Adam and Aguado, 

 at the expense of Archbishop Galvan, who is 

 buried here near another occupant of the episcopal 

 throne, Don Bienvenido Monzon. The fine reliefs 

 of Saints Jerome and Isidore are by Mora. We 

 have now reached the entrance doors, on each 

 side of which hangs a good painting. The 

 three pictures over the doors represent mystic 

 allegories. 



The most interesting feature of the chapter 

 room, or Sala Capitular, is the noble porch, 

 with its figures of Justice and Prudence, which, 



