BOOKS CONSULTED 267 INDEX 269 ILLUSTRATIONS NEW CATHEDRAL OF SALAMANCA (page 24) _Frontispiece_ CATHEDRALS OF SALAMANCA: The towers of the old and new buildings 3 CATHEDRALS OF SALAMANCA: Plans 6 THRESHING OUTSIDE THE WALLS OF SALAMANCA 10 CATHEDRAL OF SALAMANCA: The Tower of the Cock 16 SALAMANCA: From the Vega 28 CATHEDRAL OF BURGOS: West front 33 CATHEDRAL OF BURGOS: Plan 36 CATHEDRAL OF BURGOS: View of the nave 40 CATHEDRAL OF BURGOS: Lantern over the crossing 46 CATHEDRAL OF BURGOS: The Golden Staircase 50 CATHEDRAL OF BURGOS: The Chapel of the Constable 54 CATHEDRAL OF BURGOS: The spires above the house-tops 58 CATHEDRAL OF AVILA 67 CATHEDRAL OF AVILA: Plan 68 CATHEDRAL OF AVILA: Exterior of the apse turret 72 AVILA: From outside the walls 80 CATHEDRAL OF AVILA: Main entrance 86 CATHEDRAL OF LEON: From the southwest 91 CATHEDRAL OF LEON: Plan 94 CATHEDRAL OF LEON: Looking up the nave 98 CATHEDRAL OF LEON: Rear of apse 104 CATHEDRAL OF TOLEDO 121 CATHEDRAL OF TOLEDO: Plan 124 CATHEDRAL OF TOLEDO: The choir stalls 140 CATHEDRAL OF TOLEDO: Chapel of Santiago, tombs of Alvaro de Luna and his spouse 158 CATHEDRAL OF SEGOVIA 167 CATHEDRAL OF SEGOVIA: Plan 170 CATHEDRAL OF SEGOVIA: From the Plaza 176 CATHEDRAL OF SEVILLE: The Giralda, from the Orange Tree Court 191 CATHEDRAL OF SEVILLE: Plan 194 CATHEDRAL OF SEVILLE: Gateway of Perdon in the Orange Tree Court 210 CATHEDRAL OF SEVILLE AND THE GIRALDA 228 CATHEDRAL OF GRANADA: West front 239 CATHEDRAL OF GRANADA: Plan 242 CATHEDRAL OF GRANADA: The exterior cornices of the Royal Chapel 248 CATHEDRAL OF GRANADA: The reja enclosing the Royal Chapel and tombs of the Catholic Kings 256