SPANISH MARBLES. GERMAN MARBLES. 105 
a good polish. Another kind has an orange-yellow-co- 
loured ground, containing small fragments of snow-white 
colour. Both these are found in the Pyrenees. 
SPANISPI MARBLES. 162. Few countries are 
more productive of marble than Spain ; and in few coun- 
tries are the public monuments and buildings more 
profusely decorated with marble. The vault of the 
theatre of Toledo is supported by 350 marble co- 
lumns ; and an ancient mosque at Cordova is ornamented 
with 1200 columns, most of which are of Spanish marble. 
The palace and church of the Escurial, and many of 
the churches in Madrid, are decorated with marbles of 
the most beautiful description. 
163. WHITE SPANISH MARBLE. Near Cordova; 
at Felabres, three leagues from Almeria, in Grenada ; 
and in some other parts of Spain, white marble is ob- 
tained, which is susceptible of a good polish, and is well 
adapted to the general purposes of sculpture. 
164-. SEVILLE MARBLE is a beautiful red variety, 
with shining red and white spots and veins. In the vicinity 
of TORTQSA is found a kind of marble which has a vio- 
let ground, spotted with bright yellow ; and near GRE- 
NADA a marble of green colour, which somewhat re- 
sembles the celebrated verde antique (14-9). 
165. SPANISH BRECCIA. There are several beauti- 
ful varieties of breccia in Spain. At Riela, in Arragon^ 
there is one, composed of angular portions or fragments 7 
of black marble, embedded in a reddish yellow base- 
The breccia marble of Old Castile is of bright red 
colour, dotted with yellow and black, and encloses frag- 
ments of pale yellow, brick-red, deep brown, and black- 
ish grey colour. 
GERMAN MARBLES. 166. Germany abounds 
in marbles, and affords many kinds which are remark- 
able both for beauty and singularity. Of these the 
kind best known is 
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