Toledo, the Story of an Old Spanish Capital

Name: Toledo, the Story of an Old Spanish Capital
Author: Lynch, Hannah

Lynch, Hannah

Toledo (Spain) -- Description and travel; Toledo (Spain) -- History

[13] Complaining at the Hotel Castilla to a Spanish painter of my
 daily persecution at the hands of the beggars of Toledo, I threatened
 to visit the Governor and make my plaint. The artist, something of a
 humorist, gravely said, "His Excellency the Governor will listen to
 you with all courtesy and attention, and when you have finished, he
 will hold out his hand with a graceful gesture, and say: _Da mi una
 limosna tambien_ (Give me also alms).

 [14] Bibliotica provincial de Toledo.

 [15] MS. correspondence of Lope de Vega in possession of Señor
 Menendez y Pelayo.

 [16] Street's visit to Toledo was unfortunately hurried, or he
 would have been forced to change many of his views. Had he seen the
 cathedral from Nuestra Señora de la Valle, considerably above the
 bridge of San Martin, he would have found it prominent.

 [17] _De Toletano Hebraeorum Templo_, MS. Bib. Pro. Toledo.

 [18] MS. correspondence of Lope de Vega, in possession of Señor
 Menendez y Pelayo.

 [19] MS. _De Toletano Hebraeorum Templo_, Bib. Provincial, Toledo.

 [20]

    Galiana of Toledo
    Most beautiful and marvellous!
    The Moor the most celebrated
    Of all the Moorish race.
    Mouth of rosy pinks,
    High bosom that palpitates,
    Ivory forehead adorned with
    The flaming gold of Tyre.


 [21] Wamba, Gothic King, restored the walls of this city, and offered
 them in Latin verses to God and the saints, its patrons; the Moors
 effaced them and placed instead blasphemies and errors in Arabian
 letters. King Philip II., in religious zeal and to preserve the memory
 of the departed Kings, ordered Gutierrez Tello, city magistrate, to
 efface them and place, along with the patron saints, the verses of
 King Wamba.

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Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber:

Gamera=> Gamero {pg 18}

Toleda is mournful=> Toledo is mournful {pg 74}

Almamon=> Almanon {pg 79}

Abon l. Hasan=> Abou-l-Hasan {pg 79}

Gonzala Ruiz=> Gonzalo Ruiz {pg 132}

Toribio Rodrignez=> Toribio Rodriguez {pg 174}

fomnder's=> founder's {pg 176}

Hospital de Afuero=> Hospital de Afuera {pg 200}

The facade=> The façade {pg 245}

vegado te lloro=> vegada te lloro {pg 249}


ofrció en versos latinos=> ofreció en versos latinos {pg 293}

ALFONSO VII., 19.

ALFONSO VII., 93, 283.=> ALFONSO VII., 19, 93, 283. {pg 307}






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Toledo, the Story of an Old Spanish Capital

Lynch, Hannah

Toledo (Spain) -- Description and travel; Toledo (Spain) -- History

[13] Complaining at the Hotel Castilla to a Spanish painter of my
 daily persecution at the hands of the beggars of Toledo, I threatened
 to visit the Governor and make my plaint. The artist, something of a
 humorist, gravely said, "His Excellency the Governor will listen to
 you with all courtesy and attention, and when you have finished, he
 will hold out his hand with a graceful gesture, and say: _Da mi una
 limosna tambien_ (Give me also alms).

 [14] Bibliotica provincial de Toledo.

 [15] MS. correspondence of Lope de Vega in possession of Señor
 Menendez y Pelayo.

 [16] Street's visit to Toledo was unfortunately hurried, or he
 would have been forced to change many of his views. Had he seen the
 cathedral from Nuestra Señora de la Valle, considerably above the
 bridge of San Martin, he would have found it prominent.

 [17] _De Toletano Hebraeorum Templo_, MS. Bib. Pro. Toledo.

 [18] MS. correspondence of Lope de Vega, in possession of Señor
 Menendez y Pelayo.

 [19] MS. _De Toletano Hebraeorum Templo_, Bib. Provincial, Toledo.

 [20]

    Galiana of Toledo
    Most beautiful and marvellous!
    The Moor the most celebrated
    Of all the Moorish race.
    Mouth of rosy pinks,
    High bosom that palpitates,
    Ivory forehead adorned with
    The flaming gold of Tyre.


 [21] Wamba, Gothic King, restored the walls of this city, and offered
 them in Latin verses to God and the saints, its patrons; the Moors
 effaced them and placed instead blasphemies and errors in Arabian
 letters. King Philip II., in religious zeal and to preserve the memory
 of the departed Kings, ordered Gutierrez Tello, city magistrate, to
 efface them and place, along with the patron saints, the verses of
 King Wamba.

       *       *       *       *       *

Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber:

Gamera=> Gamero {pg 18}

Toleda is mournful=> Toledo is mournful {pg 74}

Almamon=> Almanon {pg 79}

Abon l. Hasan=> Abou-l-Hasan {pg 79}

Gonzala Ruiz=> Gonzalo Ruiz {pg 132}

Toribio Rodrignez=> Toribio Rodriguez {pg 174}

fomnder's=> founder's {pg 176}

Hospital de Afuero=> Hospital de Afuera {pg 200}

The facade=> The façade {pg 245}

vegado te lloro=> vegada te lloro {pg 249}


ofrció en versos latinos=> ofreció en versos latinos {pg 293}

ALFONSO VII., 19.

ALFONSO VII., 93, 283.=> ALFONSO VII., 19, 93, 283. {pg 307}






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