Newcomb, Rexford. _Spanish-Colonial Architecture in the United States._ New York, J. J. Augustin, 1937. Willys, Rufus Kay. _Pioneer Padre._ Dallas, Southwest Press, 1935. Illustrations [Illustration: MISSION of SAN XAVIER DEL BAC · 1700-1797] KEY A Nave B Provision Room C Epistle Chapel D Sacristy E Apse F Gospel Chapel G Crossing H Baptistry I Narthex J Cloister K Dormitory Wing [Illustration: THE MISSION OF SAN XAVIER DEL BAC. PAPAGO VILLAGE IN FOREGROUND.] [Illustration: MISSION COURTYARD FROM ABOVE....] [Illustration: ... AND BELOW.] [Illustration: THE ENTRANCE PORTAL HAS A DELICATE WOODEN BALCONY ABOVE, CROWNED WITH A LARGE SHELL MOTIF.] [Illustration: PAPAGO INDIAN CHILDREN RECESSING AT THE MISSION SCHOOL.] [Illustration: HIGH ALTAR FROM REAR OF NAVE.] [Illustration: ONE OF TWO GROTESQUE CARVINGS OF LIONS.] [Illustration: HIGH ALTAR.] [Illustration: HIGH ALTAR FROM CHOIR LOFT.] [Illustration: A HIGH CANOPIED HAND-CARVED PULPIT OF RICH DARK PINE.] [Illustration: CHOIR LOFT FROM THE HIGH ALTAR.] [Illustration: LOOKING TOWARD ONE CORNER OF THE WEST TRANSEPT.] [Illustration: GOSPEL CHAPEL—WEST TRANSEPT.] [Illustration: EAST TRANSEPT—EPISTLE CHAPEL.] [Illustration: THE STATUE OF MARY CLOTHED IN A BRIDAL GOWN DONATED BY AN INDIAN WOMAN.] [Illustration: ALTAR DEDICATED TO THE MOTHER OF SORROWS.] [Illustration: BAPTISMAL FONT IN CENTER OF BAPTISTRY. PEDESTAL AND BOWL OF BAKED BRICK WHICH INCLOSES A COPPER BOWL ENGRAVED ON TOP WITH MONOGRAM I. H. S.] [Illustration: THE BAPTISMAL FONT SEEN FROM THE NAVE.] [Illustration: DETAIL OF BAPTISTRY WINDOW.] [Illustration: WINDOW OVER ENTRANCE PORTAL.] [Illustration: THE BELLS OF SAN XAVIER.] [Illustration: PAPAGO INDIAN HOMES.] [Illustration: THE GREAT DOME, THE DOMED ROOF, AND THE FINIALS FLANKED WITH CARVED CASTILIAN LION HEADS.] [Illustration: PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS IN A CORNER OF THE GARDEN.] [Illustration: MORTUARY CHAPEL AND GARDEN.] [Illustration: MEXICAN AND INDIAN BURIAL GROUNDS JUST WEST OF THE MISSION.] [Illustration: Gates of San Xavier] Transcriber’s Notes --Copyright notice provided as in the original—this e-text is public domain in the country of publication. --Silently corrected palpable typos; left non-standard spellings and dialect unchanged. --Moved some captions closer to the corresponding pictures, removing extraneous spatial references like “(next page)”. --In the text versions, delimited italicized text by _underscores_. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of San Xavier Del Bac, Arizona, by Arizona Pioneers Historical Society