[Illustration: PLATE 70. FIRST PAGE OF A HEBREW BIBLE: PRECIOUS MSS. OF THE END OF THE 14TH CENTURY. (LIBRARY OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 71. PERSIAN MS., THE WORK OF MUHAMMED SCHAM EL DIN HAPHETH, POET OF THE 14TH CENTURY. (LIBRARY OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 72. MANUSCRIPT OF THE YEAR 1050. (LIBRARY OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 73. VIRGIL’S POEMS: MS. OF THE 15TH CENTURY, WRITTEN IN SPAIN. (LIBRARY OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 74. VIRGIL: MANUSCRIPT OF THE YEAR 966. (LIBRARY OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 75. VIRGIL: MANUSCRIPT OF THE YEAR 966. (LIBRARY OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 76. THE APOCALYPSE OF ST. JOHN: MANUSCRIPT OF THE 15TH CENTURY. (LIBRARY OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 77. TWO PAGES OF THE KORAN OF MULEY ZIDAN, EMPEROR OF MOROCCO IN 1594. (LIBRARY OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 78. THE TREE OF LOVE, WRITTEN IN 1288. (LIBRARY OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 79. PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT, THE WORK OF MUHAMMED SCHAM EL DIN HAPHETH, POET OF THE 14TH CENTURY. (LIBRARY OF THE MONASTERY.)] [Illustration: PLATE 80. MASS-BOOK OF ISABEL THE CATHOLIC, MANUSCRIPT OF THE 15TH CENTURY. (LIBRARY OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 81. FRONTISPIECE OF THE KORAN OF MULEY ZIDAN, EMPEROR OF MOROCCO IN 1594. (LIBRARY OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 82. MASS-BOOK OF THE EMPRESS ISABEL, MOTHER OF PHILIP II. (LIBRARY OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 83. MASS-BOOK OF PHILIP III. AND QUEEN MARGARITA. (LIBRARY OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 84. GREEK MANUSCRIPT OF THE END OF THE 14TH CENTURY. (LIBRARY OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 85. BREVIARY OF PHILIP II. (16TH CENTURY). (LIBRARY OF THE MONASTERY.)] [Illustration: PLATE 86. MASS-BOOK AND HOLY OFFICE OF PHILIP II. (LIBRARY OF THE MONASTERY.)] [Illustration: PLATE 87. LATIN PRAYER-BOOK OF FERDINAND THE CATHOLIC. (LIBRARY OF THE MONASTERY.)] [Illustration: PLATE 88. ARABIAN MANUSCRIPT (NATURAL HISTORY). (LIBRARY OF THE MONASTERY.)] [Illustration: PLATE 89. READING DESK IN THE CHOIR. (ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 90. SACRISTY (MONASTERY).] [Illustration: PLATE 91. PARANYMPH OF THE COLLEGE (MONASTERY).] [Illustration: PLATE 92. OUR LORD CRUCIFIED, SCULPTURED IN MARBLE (MONASTERY).] [Illustration: PLATE 93. INTERMENT OF PHILIP II. (MONASTERY).] [Illustration: PLATE 94. CHAPTER ROOM (MONASTERY).] [Illustration: PLATE 95. CHAPTER ROOM (MONASTERY).] [Illustration: PLATE 96. CHAPTER HALL (MONASTERY).] [Illustration: PLATE 97. PRESENTATION OF THE VIRGIN AT THE TEMPLE,<br />ATTRIBUTED TO VAN EYCK (MONASTERY).] [Illustration: PLATE 98. ALTAR-PIECE OF THE SANTA FORMA, PAINTED BY CLAUDIO COELLO. (SACRISTY OF THE MONASTERY.)] [Illustration: PLATE 99. EMBROIDERED ALTAR-CLOTHS. (FROM THE SACRISTY.)] [Illustration: PLATE 100. EMBROIDERED COPES. (SACRISTY OF THE ESCORIAL.)] [Illustration: PLATE 101.