[105] Compare the elaborate outlines of some Arab arches at the Alhambra or in Morocco. [106] Some have supposed that Boutaca was a foreigner, but there is a place called Boutaca near Batalha, so he probably came from there. [107] Once the Madre de Deus was adorned with several della Robbia placques. They are now all gone. [108] Danver's _Portuguese in India_, vol. i. [109] See in Oliveira Martims' _Historia de Portugal_, vol. II. ch. i., the account of the Embassy sent to Pope Leo IX. by Dom Manoel in 1514. No such procession had been seen since the days of the Roman Empire. There were besides endless wealth, leopards from India, also an elephant which, on reaching the Castle of S. Angelo, filled its trunk with scented water and 'asperged' first the Pope and then the people. These with a horse from Ormuz represented the East. Unfortunately the representative of Africa, a rhinoceros, died on the way. [110] Danver's _Portuguese in India_, vol. i. [111] Unfortunately Fernandes was one of the commonest of names. In his list of Portuguese artists, Count Raczynski mentions an enormous number. [112] In the year 1512 Olivel was paid 25$000. He had previously received 12$000 a month. He died soon after and his widow undertook to finish his work with the help of his assistant Muñoz. [113] See the drawing in _A Ordem de Christo_ by Vieira Guimarães. [114] The last two figures look like 15 but the first two are scarcely legible; it may not be a date at all. [115] All the statues are rather Northern in appearance, not unlike those on the royal tombs in Santa Cruz, Coimbra, and may be the work of the two Flemings mentioned among those employed at Thomar, Antonio and Gabriel. [116] The door--notwithstanding the supposed date, 1515--was probably finished by João after 1523. [117] Cf. the carving on the jambs of the Allah-ud-din gate at Delhi. [118] Such heads of many curves may have been derived from such elaborate Moorish arches as may be seen in the Alhambra, or, for example, in the Hasan tower at Rabat in Morocco, and it is worth noticing that there were men with Moorish names among the workmen at Thomar--Omar, Mafamede, Bugimaa, and Bebedim. [119] Esp(h)era=_sphere_; Espera=_hope_, present imperative. [120] The inscription says: 'Aqui jaz Matheus Fernandes mestre que foi destas obras, e sua mulher Izabel Guilherme e levou-o nosso Senhor a dez dias de Abril de 1515. Ella levou-a a....' [121] Fig. 57. [122] _As Capellas Imperfeitas e a lenda das devisas Gregas._ Por Caroline Michaëlis de Vasconcellos. Porto, 1905. [123] The frieze is now filled up and plastered, but not long ago was empty and recessed as if prepared for letting in reliefs. Can these have been of terra cotta of the della Robbia school? Dom Manoel imported many which are now all gone but one in the Museum at Lisbon. There are also some della Robbia medallions at the Quinta de Bacalhôa at Azeitão near Setubal.