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Escurial. 
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ESCALLONIA. See Borawy, p. 152. 
ESCAPE. See Fine Escare. 
ESCAPEMENT. See Horoxooy, and Time-Kerr- 
ERS. 
ESCHATON, an interval in music =—, of Dr Call- 
. 16,677,181,699,666,569 = 
cott, has a ratio 16,777,216 ,000,000,000=° =+2f,= 
5.299322, and is the Greater Resrpvat. 
ESCHATON of M. Henfling and Frees exin- 
gun siheaiintiods se gTOe— f+ m,= 5.858202, 
and is the Resrovat, (¢) 
ESCOBEDIA. See Botany, p. 258. 
BSCULAPIUS. See Ascucapivs. 
ESCURIAL, the name of a ee in Spain, about 
eaint St Lorenzo, from which it received its name. 
The first architect was John M of To- 
ledo, and upon his death, in 1567, the work was con- 
tinued by i, one of his pupils, who died in 
1597. 
The building, which consists of stone, from the 
i i ies, i form of a grid- 
ae ered 
ee ere eee, The room 
s contain many admirable pic- 
tures, Fhe old church is 129 feet 1 , and $8 
broad. besten rer sha Pon er , and 83 broad. 
Among isa 8 Titian 
which is greatly admired. chien we 
square formed by a double row of piazzas, one above 
the other, 98 feet on each of the four sides, and 17 
feet broad. The walls of the lower cloister are cover« 
ed with by the first artists. The staircase 
pepgince St aeees adeur, & adorned. 
ae wage" which represents the foun- 
dation of ened fre fn bettie of Bt Quintin, 
The upper cloister itself is ornamented with the finest 
opening on a ious court of 88 arches, eleven in each 
row, supported by 96 columns, which are Doric below 
ges. In this number are included several Bibles, particu 
ten by St Basil. The secepenh is ieee ee ae 
<cotslaah is oliched ith fluted Doric columns, and 
shands, ahd otis? pecclaun Stuns: The m are ex- 
tremely attentive in shewing all these curiosities to 
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