(BASILICA OF THE MONASTERY.)] [Illustration: PLATE 35. RETABLO AT THE HIGH ALTAR. (BASILICA OF THE MONASTERY.)] [Illustration: PLATE 36. INTERIOR VIEW FROM THE HIGH ALTAR. (BASILICA OF THE MONASTERY.)] [Illustration: PLATE 37. ALTAR-PIECE AT THE HIGH ALTAR.] [Illustration: PLATE 38. ST. HIERONYMUS AND ST. AUGUSTINE. (STATUES OF THE ALTAR-PIECE.)] [Illustration: PLATE 39. ST. MATTHEW AND ST. MARK. (STATUES OF THE ALTAR-PIECE.)] [Illustration: PLATE 40. ST. PAUL. (STATUE OF THE ALTAR-PIECE.)] [Illustration: PLATE 41. ST. GREGORY AND ST. AMBROSE. (STATUES OF THE ALTAR-PIECE.)] [Illustration: PLATE 42. ST. PETER. (STATUE OF THE ALTAR-PIECE.)] [Illustration: PLATE 43. ST. JOHN AND ST. LUKE. (STATUES OF THE ALTAR-PIECE.)] [Illustration: PLATE 44. LEFT SIDE OF THE HIGH ALTAR: INTERMENT OF THE EMPEROR CHARLES V.] [Illustration: PLATE 45. MARBLE STATUE OF ST. LAURENT AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE CHOIR.] [Illustration: PLATE 46. INTERIOR VIEW OF THE CHAPEL.] [Illustration: PLATE 47. THE TABERNACLE. (ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 48. PANTEON OF THE KINGS. (ENTRANCE GATE.)] [Illustration: PLATE 49. BEAUTIFUL ROCK CRYSTAL CANDELABRUM IN THE CHOIR OF THE ESCORIAL.] [Illustration: PLATE 50. CASKET IN MALACHITE AND LAPIS-LAZULI, ORNAMENTED WITH BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVED ROCK CRYSTAL. (RELIQUARY OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 51. VIEW OF THE PANTEON OF THE KINGS. ESCORIAL.] [Illustration: PLATE 52. PANTEON OF THE INFANTES (INTERIOR).] [Illustration: PLATE 53. PANTEON OF THE INFANTES (INTERIOR).] [Illustration: PLATE 54. TOMB OF CHARLOTTE OF BOURBON. (PANTEON OF THE INFANTES.)] [Illustration: PLATE 55. TOMB OF DON JOHN OF AUSTRIA. (PANTEON OF THE INFANTES.)] [Illustration: PLATE 56. VIEW OF THE PRINCIPAL STAIRCASE OF THE MONASTERY.] [Illustration: PLATE 57. LIBRARY OF THE MONASTERY.] [Illustration: PLATE 58. LIBRARY OF THE MONASTERY.] [Illustration: PLATE 59. LIBRARY OF THE MONASTERY.] [Illustration: PLATE 60. LIBRARY OF THE MONASTERY.] [Illustration: PLATE 61. GOLDEN MS. (10TH CENTURY). (LIBRARY OF THE MONASTERY.)] [Illustration: PLATE 62. PRAYER-BOOK OF ISABELLA THE CATHOLIC. (LIBRARY OF THE MONASTERY.)] [Illustration: PLATE 63. SONGS OF ST. MARY. MS. BELONGING TO ALFONSO THE WISE (13TH CENTURY). (LIBRARY OF THE MONASTERY.)] [Illustration: PLATE 64. LATIN PRAYER-BOOK OF FERDINAND THE CATHOLIC. (LIBRARY OF THE MONASTERY.)] [Illustration: PLATE 65. MASS-BOOK OF PHILIP II. (LIBRARY OF THE MONASTERY.)] [Illustration: PLATE 66. BREVIARY OF CHARLES V. (LIBRARY OF THE MONASTERY.)] [Illustration: PLATE 67. PSALTER OF THE EMPEROR CHARLES V. (LIBRARY OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 68. NATURAL HISTORY OF PLINY THE YOUNGER. ITALIAN MS. OF THE 16TH CENTURY. (LIBRARY OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 69. PAGE 238 OF THE MASS-BOOK OF ISABELLA THE CATHOLIC: MS. OF THE 15TH CENTURY, THE VIGNETTE OF WHICH CONTAINS THE NAME OF THE QUEEN. (LIBRARY OF THE ESCORIAL.)]