The Escorial: A Historical and Descriptive Account of the Spanish Royal Palace, Monastery and MausoleumCalvert, Albert Frederick
History
The Escorial: A Historical and Descriptive Account of the Spanish Royal Palace, Monastery and Mausoleum
Calvert, Albert Frederick
Escorial
Titian. San Geronimo.
Agony in the Garden. Salas de los Capitulos.
Last Supper. “
Prayer in the Garden. “
Our Lady of Sorrows. “
Adoration of the Magi. “
Ecce Homo. “
Velazquez. Sons of Jacob. Sacristy of Church.
Zuccaro. The Flagellation. Altar Screen of Church.
Birth of Christ. Old Church.
Zurbarán. Sons of Jacob. Sacristy of Church.
A Portrait. Reading-Room.
[Illustration: PLATE 1.
PLAN OF THE MONASTERY.]
[Illustration: PLATE 2.
VIEW OF THE MONASTERY.]
[Illustration: PLATE 3.
VIEW OF THE MONASTERY FROM THE ORCHARD.]
[Illustration: PLATE 4.
VIEW OF THE MONASTERY FROM THE ENTRANCE OF THE ‘REAL SITIO.’]
[Illustration: PLATE 5.
VIEW OF THE MONASTERY FROM THE ROMERAL.]
[Illustration: PLATE 6.
VIEW OF THE MONASTERY (EAST SIDE).]
[Illustration: PLATE 7.
PRINCIPAL FAÇADE OF THE COURT OF THE KINGS.]
[Illustration: PLATE 8.
VIEW OF THE COURT OF THE KINGS.]
[Illustration: PLATE 9.
BALCONY IN THE COURT OF ‘LA COMPAÑA.’]
[Illustration: PLATE 10.
VIEW OF THE ‘CASA DEL PRINCIPE,’ OR LOWER LODGE.]
[Illustration: PLATE 11.
ASCENT TO THE SILLA DEL REY, THE CHAIR OF PHILIP II.]
[Illustration: PLATE 12.
THE SILLA DEL REY, THE CHAIR OF PHILIP II.]
[Illustration: PLATE 13.
THE HORCA CROSS, NEAR THE ESCORIAL.]
[Illustration: PLATE 14.
GARDEN OF THE CASITA DE ABAJO.
(ESCORIAL.)]
[Illustration: PLATE 15.
SOURCE OF THE SEMINARIO.]
[Illustration: PLATE 16.
SOURCE OF THE SEMINARIO.
(ESCORIAL.)]
[Illustration: PLATE 17.
THE COLONNADE OF THE MONASTERY.]
[Illustration: PLATE 18.
VIEW OF THE UPPER CLOISTER OF THE MONASTERY.]
[Illustration: PLATE 19.
VIEW OF THE UPPER CLOISTER OF THE MONASTERY.]
[Illustration: PLATE 20.
LOWER CLOISTER OF THE MONASTERY.]
[Illustration: PLATE 21.
VIEW OF THE LOWER CLOISTER OF THE MONASTERY.]
[Illustration: PLATE 22.
SNOW-PIT AND POND OF ‘CONVALESCENTS.’]
[Illustration: PLATE 23.
‘CONVALESCENTS’ GALLERY.]
[Illustration: PLATE 24.
THE MONKS’ WALK AND ‘CONVALESCENTS’ GALLERY.
(ESCORIAL.)]
[Illustration: PLATE 25.
‘CONVALESCENTS’ GALLERY.]
[Illustration: PLATE 26.
THE EVANGELISTS’ COURT.]
[Illustration: PLATE 27.
COURT WITH THE SPRINGS OF THE EVANGELISTS.]
[Illustration: PLATE 28.
SHIELD OF THE EMPEROR CHARLES V.]
[Illustration: PLATE 29.
COURT OF THE EVANGELISTS.]
[Illustration: PLATE 30.
INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH.]
[Illustration: PLATE 31.
DOOR-KNOCKER OF THE CHURCH AT THE ESCORIAL.]
[Illustration: PLATE 32.
CHOIR STALLS.
(BASILICA OF THE MONASTERY.)]
[Illustration: PLATE 33.
INTERIOR VIEW FROM THE CHOIR.
(BASILICA OF THE MONASTERY.)]
[Illustration: PLATE 34.
INTERIOR VIEW.
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