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effect ; these musicians are six in number, 

 and the other figures are twenty-three. Under 

 the table, between Christ and the giver of the 

 feast, there is a cat. 



The fourteenth chapel, the Assumption of 

 the Virgin Mary, is without interest. 



The fifteenth, the Coronation of the Virgin, 

 contains forty-six angels, twenty-six cherubs, 

 fifty-six saints, the Holy Trinity, the Madonna 

 herself, and twenty -four innocents, making 

 156 statues in all. Of these I am afraid 

 there is not one of more than ordinary merit ; 

 the most interesting is a half-length nude life- 

 study of Disma the good thief. After what 

 had been promised him it was impossible to 

 exclude him, but it was felt that a half-length 

 nude figure would be as much as he could 

 reasonably expect. 



Behind the sanctuary there is a semi-ruinous 

 and wholly valueless work, which shows the 

 finding of the black image, which is now 

 in the church, but is only shown on great 

 festivals. 



This leads us to a consideration that I 



have delayed till now. The black image is 



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