Personality is consequently ever uppermost in all art criticism or admiration. But it should not be influenced by the words pure, flawless, etc. Were such to be the case, there would be but one good cathedral in Spain, namely, that of Leon, a French temple built by foreigners on Spanish soil. Yet nothing is less Spanish than the cathedral of Leon.

Under the circumstances, it is necessary, upon visiting Spain, to discard foreignisms and turn a Spaniard, if but for a few days. Otherwise the tourist will not understand the country's art monuments, and will be inclined[{5}] to leave the peninsula as he entered it, not a whit the wiser for having come.

To help the traveller to understand the whys and wherefores of Spanish architecture, I have written the "Introductory Studies." I hope they will enable him to become a Spaniard, or, at least, to join the enthusiastic army of Hispanófilos.

C. Rudy.

Madrid, July, 1905

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
[Part I. Introductory Studies]
[I].General Remarks[13]
[II]. Historical Arabesques[18]
[III]. Architectural Arabesques[35]
[IV]. Conclusion[66]

[Part II. Galicia]
[I]. Santiago de Campostela[75]
[II]. Corunna[89]
[III]. Mondoñedo[95]
[IV]. Lugo[102]
[V]. Orense[110]
[VI]. Tuy[120]
[VII]. Bayona and Vigo[131]

[Part III. The North]
[I]. Oviedo[137]
[II]. Covadonga[145]
[III]. Leon[150]
[IV]. Astorga[167]
[V]. Burgos[174]
[VI]. Santander[188]
[VII]. Vitoria[192][{8}]
[VIII]. Upper Rioja[196]
[IX]. Soria[209]

[Part IV. Western Castile]
[I]. Palencia[219]
[II]. Zamora[230]
[III]. Toro[244]
[IV]. Salamanca[251]
[V]. Ciudad Rodrigo[269]
[VI]. Coria[278]
[VII]. Plasencia[284]

[Part V. Eastern Castile]
[I]. Valladolid[293]
[II]. Avila[302]
[III]. Segovia[312]
[IV]. Madrid-Alcalá[321]
[V]. Sigüenza[335]
[VI]. Cuenca[342]
[VII]. Toledo[349]
[Appendices][369]
[Bibliography][385]
[Index][387]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
Leon Cathedral (See page [154])[Frontispiece]
Cloister Stalls in a Monastic Church at Leon[48]
Typical Retablo (Palencia)[50]
Mudejar Architecture (Sahagun)[64]
Santiago and Its Cathedral[82]
Church of Santiago, Corunna[92]
General View of Mondoñedo[96]
Mondoñedo Cathedral[98]
Northern Portal of Orense Cathedral[116]
Tuy Cathedral[128]
Oviedo Cathedral[140]
Cloister of Oviedo Cathedral[144]
Apse of San Isidoro, Leon[164]
Burgos Cathedral[180]
Crypt of Santander Cathedral[190]
Cloister of Nájera Cathedral[202]
Santa Maria la Redonda, Logroño[204]
Western Front of Calahorra Cathedral[207]
Cloister of Soria Cathedral[212]
Palencia Cathedral[226]
Zamora Cathedral[238]
Toro Cathedral[248]
Old Salamanca Cathedral[260][{10}]
New Salamanca Cathedral[266]
Cuidad Rodrigo Cathedral[272]
Façade of Plasencia Cathedral[288]
Western Front of Valladolid Cathedral[300]
Tower of Avila Cathedral[310]
Segovia Cathedral[316]
San Isidro, Madrid[326]
Alcalá de Henares Cathedral[332]
Toledo Cathedral[360]