Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain

by George Edmund Street

NOTE.—The dates of those Examples which are printed in Italics appear to me to be very uncertain, or are those of buildings which I have not visited.

Date.	Place.	Remarks.
914	BARCELONA	Church of San Pablo del Campo, said to have been built.
983	BARCELONA	San Pedro de las Puellas consecrated.
1017	GERONA	Church of Saint Daniel commenced.
1038	GERONA	Consecration of first Cathedral, of which remains exist.
1058	ELNE	Consecration of Church.
1063	LEON	The Panteon, San Isidoro, appears to have been finished in this year.
1078	SANTIAGO	Cathedral commenced.
1078	SANTIAGO	South transept doorways erected.
1085	TOLEDO	The Church “Cristo de la Luz” existed before this date.
1090	AVILA	Town walls commenced.
1091	AVILA	Cathedral commenced.
1109	TOLEDO	Outer circuit of walls.
1117	GERONA	Church of San Pedro de los Galligans commenced.
1117	GERONA	Cloisters of Cathedral erected.
1108 to 1126	TOLEDO	Puerta de Visagra erected.
1120	SALAMANCA	Old Cathedral commenced.
1128	SANTIAGO	Fabric of Cathedral so far finished as to be used.
1129	LUGO	Cathedral commenced.
1131	TARRAGONA	Cathedral commenced.
1136	SALAMANCA	San Tomè de los Caballeros consecrated.
1146	BARCELONA	Collegiata of Sta. Aña founded.
1146	VERUELA	Abbey commenced.
1149	LEON	Church of San Isidoro consecrated in this year.
1156	SALAMANCA	Church of San Adrian consecrated.
1171	VERUELA	Abbey first occupied, and probably completed in this year.
1173	BARCELONA	Royal Chapel of Sta. Agueda, attached to the palace of the Counts of Barcelona, conpleted.
1173	SALAMANCA	Church of San Martin consecrated.
1174	ZAMORA	Cathedral completed.
1175	SANTIAGO	Chapel beneath west front of Cathedral finished about this year.
1177	LUGO	Cathedral finished.
1178	SALAMANCA	Cloister of old Cathedral in course of erection; Chapter-house probably erected at same time.
1179	SALAMANCA	Church of S. Thomas of Canterbury consecrated.
1180	BURGOS	Convent of Las Huelgas commenced; inhabited in 1187; formally established as a Cistercian Convent in 1199.
1180	POBLET	Benedictine Monastery founded.
1188	SANTIAGO	Western doors of Cathedral finished.
1188	TUDELA	Cathedral consecrated.
1203	LÉRIDA	First stone of Cathedral laid.
1208	SEGOVIA	Templars’ Church consecrated.
1212	TOLEDO	Bridge of San Martin erected.
1219	MONDOÑEDO	Cathedral commenced.
1221	BURGOS	First stone of Cathedral laid.
1221	TOLEDO	Church of San Roman consecrated.
1227	TOLEDO	First stone of Cathedral laid.
1230	BURGOS	Cathedral first used in this year.
1235	TARAZONA	Cathedral founded.
1239	BARCELONA	Chapel of Sta. Lucia, and doorway from cloister into south transept of Cathedral.
1252-84	AVILA	Central Lantern of San Vicente built.
1258	TOLEDO	Bridge of Alcantara rebuilt.
1262	VALENCIA	First stone of Cathedral laid. South transept and apse of this date.
1273	LEON	Cathedral in progress.
1278	LÉRIDA	Cathedral consecrated.
1278	TARRAGONA	Nine of the statues of the Apostles in west front of Cathedral executed.
1287	BARCELONA	Nuestra Señora del Carmen founded.
1292	AVILA	Considerable works in the Cathedral under Sancho II., Bishop of Avila, 1292-1353.
1298	BARCELONA	New Cathedral commenced.
1303	LEON	Cathedral finished (save the towers) before this date.
1310-27	LÉRIDA	Western side and entrance to cloister of Cathedral, and tower at S.W. angle of cloister, erected between these years.
1316-46	GERONA	Chevet of Cathedral in course of building.
1318	GERONA	Choir of San Feliu completed before this date.
1321	PALENCIA	First stone of Cathedral laid.
1328	BARCELONA	Sta. Maria del Mar commenced, and completed in 1383.
1329	BARCELONA	North transept of Cathedral.
1329	BARCELONA	Sta. Maria del Pi commenced, and consecrated in 1353.
1332	GUADALAJARA	Chapel of Holy Trinity in the Church of Santiago.
1339	BARCELONA	Crypt and Chapel of Sta. Eulalia in the Cathedral completed.
1345	BARCELONA	SS. Just y Pastor commenced.
1346	GERONA	Retablo of Altar and Baldachin erected.
1349	VALENCIA	Puerta de Serranos erected.
1350	LUGO	Church of San Domingo consecrated.
1350	ZARAGOZA	East wall decoration executed.
1351	GERONA	Stalls in Choir of Cathedral executed.
1366	TOLEDO	Synagogue (now Church “del Transito”) completed.
1368-92	GERONA	Steeple of San Feliu in course of building.
1369	BARCELONA	Casa Consistorial commenced; finished in 1378.
1374	LA CORUÑA	Chapel of the Visitation in Church of Sta. Maria.
1375	TARRAGONA	Completion of Statues in west front of Cathedral.
1380	TOLEDO	Bridge of Alcantara repaired.
1381	VALENCIA	First stone of the Micalete (tower of the Cathedral) laid.
1383	BARCELONA	Sta. Maria del Mar completed.
1383	BARCELONA	The Casa Lonja, or Exchange, founded.
1388	BARCELONA	West doorway of San Jayme.
1389	ALCALÁ DE HENARES	Tower of Archbishop’s Palace.
1389	TOLEDO	Cloister and Chapel of San Blas completed.
1389	TOLEDO	Bridge of San Martin built.
1391	LÉRIDA	West doorway of Cloister completed.
1397	LÉRIDA	Steeple of Cathedral in course of erection.
1397	PAMPLONA	Cathedral commenced.
1399	BURGOS	Chancel and Aisles of San Gil founded.
1400	HUESCA	Cathedral commenced.
1404	VALENCIA	Lantern or Cimborio of Cathedral completed.
1405	TOLEDO	Synagogue (now Church of Sta. Maria la Blanca) converted into a Church, and much altered.
1410	PALENCIA	Stalls in Choir of Cathedral executed.
1415	BURGOS	Church of Convent of San Pablo erected.
1416	BARCELONA	San Jayme in progress.
1416	LÉRIDA	Steeple of Cathedral completed.
1416	MANRESA	The Collegiata in progress at this date.
1416	PERPIÑAN	Cathedral in progress.
1416	TARRAGONA	Reredos of High Altar.
1417	GERONA	Nave of Cathedral commenced.
1418	TOLEDO	West front of Cathedral commenced.
1424	VALENCIA	Tower of Cathedral completed.
1425	TOLEDO	The N.W. Steeple of Cathedral commenced.
1431	Cervera	Steeple of Sta. Maria.
1435	BURGOS	Convent of San Pablo commenced.
1436	BARCELONA	Casa de la Disputacion erected.
1438	OLITE	Considerable works in progress.
1440	AVILA	Tower of San-Vicente completed.
1440	MEDINA DEL CAMPO	Castle “de la Mota.”
1412	BURGOS	Spires of Cathedral commenced.
1442	TOLEDO	Chapel of Santiago (built by D. Alvaro de Luna) erected.
1442	VALLADOLID	San Pablo commenced.
1444	BARCELONA	The Hala de Paños completed.
1444	VALENCIA	Puerta de Cuarte.
1448	BARCELONA	Cloister of Cathedral completed.
1453	BARCELONA	Sta. Maria del Pi consecrated.
1454	BURGOS	Convent of la Cartucca, Miraflores, commenced.
1458	GERONA	South door of nave of Cathedral.
1459	TOLEDO	Façade “de los Leones” (South transept).
1459 to 1482	VALENCIA	West end of nave of the Cathedral erected, and (probably) the Chapter-house
1461	GUADALAJARA	Palace del Infantado.
1463	VALLADOLID	San Pablo completed.
1465	AVILA	Canopy over the Shrine of San Vicente.
1471	ASTORGA	First stone of Cathedral laid.
1472	SEGOVIA	Capilla Mayor of El Parral commenced.
1476	TOLEDO	San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo, commenced.
1480	BURGOS	Stalls in the Coro of Chapel at Miraflores.
1480-92	VALLADOLID	College of Sta. Cruz.
1482	VALENCIA	The Casa Lonja commenced.
1482-93	AVILA	Convent of San Tomás.
1483	TOLEDO	Doorway of old Sacristy.
1484	TOLEDO	Bridge of Alcantara fortified.
1485	SEGOVIA	Vaulting of El Parral finished.
1487	BURGOS	Chapel of the Constable.
1488-96	VALLADOLID	College of San Gregorio.
1489	TOLEDO	Monument of Alvaro de Luna in Chapel of Santiago in Cathedral.
1489-93	BURGOS	Monument of Juan and Isabel in the Church at Miraflores.
1490	LÉRIDA	South Porch.
1494	SEGOVIA	Tribune in Church of El Parral rebuilt.
1495	TOLEDO	Lower range of Stalls in Coro of Cathedral.
1497	ALCALÁ DE HENARES	Church of SS. Just y Pastor commenced.
1497-1512	BURGOS	Stalls in Coro of Cathedral.
1498	ALCALÁ DE HENARES	College of San Ildefonso commenced.
1499	VALLADOLID	Church of San Benito.
1500	TOLEDO	Retablo of High Altar.
1503	MEDINA DEL CAMPO	Capilla Mayor of Church of S. Antholin.
1504	SANTIAGO	Hospital of Santiago.
1504	TOLEDO	Entrance to Winter Chapter-Room.
1504	ZARAGOZA	The Torre Nueva in course of construction.
1504-10	PALENCIA	Cathedral completed.
1505	ZARAGOZA	Cimborio, or Lantern, of the Seu, commenced.
1507	SAN SEBASTIAN	Church of San Vicente commenced.
1507	SIGÜENZA	Cloister of Cathedral completed.
1508	IRUN	Church commenced.
1509	ALCALÁ DE HENARES	Church of SS. Just y Pastor completed.
1513	LEON	San Isidoro, new Choir erected.
1513	SALAMANCA	First stone of new Cathedral laid.
1514	PALENCIA	Cathedral Chapter-house and Cloister.
1515	HUESCA	Cathedral completed.
1518	AVILA	Monument of Don Juan in the Church of San Tomás.
1520	HUESCA	The Retablo of the Principal Altar commenced.
1520	TARAZONA	Cathedral Cloister.
1520	ZARAGOZA	Cimborio of the Seu completed.
1525	SEGOVIA	Cathedral commenced.
1531	TOLEDO	Chapel de los Reyes Nuevos.
1533	SANTIAGO	Cloisters.
1536	ZARAGOZA	Sta. Engracia, Cloister erected.
1543	TOLEDO	Upper range of Stalls in Coro of Cathedral.
1548	TOLEDO	Rejas of Capilla Mayor and Coro of Cathedral.
1550	TARAZONA	Cimborio of Cathedral.
1553	ALCALÁ DE HENARES	Patio of University.
1567	BURGOS	Lantern or Cimborio completed.
1572-90	MANRESA	Steeple of the Seu or Collegiata completed.
1576	VALLADOLID	Church of La Magdalena.
1579	GERONA	Vault of Cathedral finished.
1586	BURGOS	Capilla Mayor in the Church of San Gil.

(B.)

CATALOGUE OF ARCHITECTS, SCULPTORS, AND BUILDERS OF THE CHURCHES, ETC., MENTIONED IN THIS VOLUME.

ABIELL [GUILLERMO].	One of the Junta of Architects consulted at Gerona. in A.D. 1416. At this time he was Master of the Works at Sta. Maria del Pi, San Jayme, and the Hospital of Santa Cruz in Barcelona.
ALAVA [Juan de].	One of the Architects summoned to the Junta at Salamanca in A.D. 1513. He was a native of Vitoria, and master of the works of the Cathedral at Placencia.
ALEMÁN [JUAN].	Sculptor. Wrought at the western and southern doorways of Toledo Cathedral, A.D. 1462-66.
ALFONSO [JUAN].	Sculptor. Wrought on the façade of Toledo Cathedral in A.D. 1418.
ALFONSO [RODRIGO].	Maestro Mayor of Toledo Cathedral, probably the Architect of the Cloister and Chapel of San Blas, the first stone of which was laid August 14, 1389. He designed the Carthusian Convent of Paular, near Segovia, in A.D. 1390.
Andino [cristóbal De].	Made the iron Screen of the Capilla Mayor in Palencia Cathedral in A.D. 1520; the screen of the Chapel of the Constable at Burgos in 1523; and in 1540 he competed unsuccessfully with other men for the erection of the Screens and Pulpits of Toledo Cathedral.
Antigoni [Antonio].	Master of the Works in the town of Castellon de Empurias, and one of the Junta of Architects consulted at Gerona in A.D. 1416.
Arandia [Juan De].	Probably a native of Biscay. Architect (?) and Builder of the Church of San Benito at Valladolid, which was commenced in A.D. 1499. He contracted for the first part of the work for 1,460,000 maravedis, and for the remainder for 500,000.
Arfe [Antonio De].	Silversmith; a native of Leon. His work is thoroughly Renaissance, and, though much praised, really very uninteresting. Circa 1520-1577.
Arfe [Enrique De].	A German; father of Antonio, born in 1470-80; dec. circa 1550. A famous Silversmith. Worked at Leon, Toledo, &c.
Argenta [Bartolomé].	Master of the works, Gerona Cathedral, 1325 to 1346. He seems to have superintended the erection of most of the Choir now standing.
Badajoz [Juan De].	Sculptor and Master of the Works of Leon Cathedral. Architect of Choir of San Isidoro, Leon. In A.D. 1512 he was one of the Junta of Architects consulted as to rebuilding Salamanca Cathedral. In 1513 he went to Seville to examine the fabric of the Cathedral, for which he received a fee of 100 ducats. In 1522 he went to Salamanca to see that the works at the Cathedral were being properly executed. In 1545 he was Architect of the Monastery at Exlonza near Leon, and calls himself “Architector” in an inscription on its wall.
Balaguer [Pedro].	Architect of the Tower of Valencia Cathedral in A.D. 1414. He is called an “Arquitecto perito” in a contemporary document, and was paid for going to Lérida, Narbonne, and elsewhere, to examine their steeples with a view to his own work.
Bartolomé.	Sculptor, Tarragona. Executed in A.D. 1278 nine of the Statues of the Western Doorway.
Bartolomé.	Silversmith, who executed part of the Retablo of Gerona Cathedral in A.D. 1325.
Benes [Pedro].	Made the Canopy over the Altar at Gerona Cathedral before A.D. 1340.
Bernardus [Frater].	Magister Operis of Tarragona Cathedral in A.D. 1256.
Berruguete [Alonso].	Architect, Sculptor, and Painter. Went to Italy in A.D. 1504, and studied at Rome and Florence: afterwards, in A.D. 1520, returned to Spain, and held the appointment of Maestro Mayor to Charles V. Executed the Stalls and Retablos of Sun Benito, Valladolid, in 1526-32, and the upper range of Stalls on the Epistle side of Toledo Cathedral in 1543. His works are numerous, and he was the great reviver of Pagan architecture in Spain.
Blay [Pedro].	Architect of the Casa de la Disputacion, Barcelona, in 1436 according to Cean Bermudez. But this seems impossible, unless there were two of the same name, as one was Maestro Mayor of the Cathedral in 1584.
Boffiy [Guillermo].	Architect of Nave of Gerona Cathedral in A.D. 1416. It was to discuss and advise upon his plan that a Junta of twelve Architects was summoned; their opinions are given in the Appendix [H], and in the end his plan was carried into execution.
Boncks [Arnau].	A native of Ax (in the county of Foix). Directed the works at the Mole of Tarragona, for which he was also the contractor, in A.D. 1507.
Bonifacio [Martin Sanchez].	Maestro Mayor of Toledo Cathedral from 1481 to 1494. He executed the doorway of the old Sacristy, circa 1484.
Bonifacio [Pedro].	Painter on Glass. Executed some of the windows in the nave of Toledo Cathedral in A.D. 1439.
Bonife [Matias].	Made the lower range of Stalls in the Coro of Barcelona Cathedral in A.D. 1457.
Borgoña [Felipe de].	Sculptor of the upper range of Stalls on the Gospel side of Toledo Cathedral. He was consulted as to the design for the Cimborio or lantern of Burgos Cathedral, and executed the Sculptures under the arches of the apse in the same church. He is said to have been Maestro Mayor of Seville Cathedral (?), and was one of the Architects consulted as to Salamanca new Cathedral in A.D. 1512. He died in 1543.
Borgoña [Juan de].	Painted in A.D. 1495 the Cloister of Toledo Cathedral. In 1508 painted five subjects for Avila Cathedral. He dec. circa 1533.
Bruxelas [Juan de].	Executed the Retablo of the Chapel of San Ildefonso, Toledo, in A.D. 1500.
Campero [Juan].	One of the Junta of Architects consulted at Salamanca in A.D. 1512, and afterwards appointed assistant to the Architect there. In 1529 he was engaged as builder at El Parral, Segovia. In 1530 he contracted with the Chapter of Segovia for the removal and re-erection of the old Cloisters. He had been employed by Cardinal Ximenes as Architect and Builder at Torrelunga.
Canet [Antonius].	Sculptor of Barcelona. One of the Junta at Gerona in 1416, and Master of the Fabric of the Cathedral at Urgel.
Cantarell [Gibalt].	Architect engaged on Steeple at Manresa from A.D. 1572 to 1590.
Carpintero [Macías].	A native of Medina del Campo, and Architect and Sculptor of the College of San Gregorio, Valladolid, in A.D. 1488. He is said to have committed suicide in A.D. 1490.
Carreño [Fernando de].	Master of the Works at the Castle, Medina del Campo, 1440.
Castañeda [Juan de].	Architect at Burgos A.D. 1539. He was one of the Cathedral architects, and wrought under Felipe de Borgoña in the rebuilding of the Cimborio, which he completed in A.D. 1567. He is said to have designed the Gateway of Sta. Maria at Burgos.
Castayls [Maestro Jayme].	Sculptor, Tarragona, in 1375. Executed by contract some of the Statues in the Western Doorway of the Cathedral, under the direction of Bernardo de Vallfogona, the Master of the Works. He executed three of the Apostles and all the Prophets, and bound himself to make them all life-size.
Cebrian [Pedro].	Master of the Works, Leon Cathedral, A.D. 1175.
Centellas [el Maestro].	Made the Stalls for the Choir of Palencia Cathedral in A.D. 1410. A native of Valencia.
Cervia [Berenguer].	Made the terra-cotta Statues in the South Door of GERONA Cathedral in A.D. 1458. He also made a Statue of Sta. Eulalia and a Cross of terra-cotta for a doorway in Barcelona Cathedral.
Cespides [Domingo].	Maker of the iron Reja, east of the Coro, Toledo Cathedral, in A.D. 1548.
Cipres [Pedro].	Maestro Mayor of Gerona Cathedral in A.D. 1430.
Çolivella [Guillermo].	Master of the Works at Lérida Cathedral, A.D. 1397. He had contracted in A.D. 1391 for the execution of some Statues for a doorway, and was evidently therefore a working Sculptor.
Colonia [Francisco de].	Said to have been related to Juan and Simon de Colonia. He was an Architect of Burgos, and was employed in A.D. 1515, and again in 1522, by the Chapter of Salamanca Cathedral, to go there and examine the works to see that J. G. de Hontañon was executing them according to the plan.
Colonia [Juan de].	Designed the upper part of the Western Steeples of Burgos Cathedral. They were commenced in A.D. 1442, and in 1456 one Spire was completed, and the other nearly so. San Pablo, Valladolid, is also said by some to be his work in 1463. He was Architect of the Chapel of the Constable at Burgos in 1487, and made the design for the Church at Miraflores, for which he was paid 3350 maravedis. He is said to have been a German by birth, and to have been brought to Spain by Bishop Alonso de Cartagena when he returned from the Council of Basel.
Colonia [Simon de].	Completed the Church at Miraflores from A.D. 1488 to 1500. He was son of Juan de Colonia, and died before A.D. 1512.
Comas [Pedro].	Maestro Mayor, San Feliu, Gerona, in A.D. 1385. He seems to have been Maestro Mayor of Gerona Cathedral from A.D. 1368 to 1397.
Compte [Pedro].	Architect at Valencia, employed on the Cathedral, and one of the Architects consulted as to the rebuilding of the Cimborio of Zaragoza, and the Architect of the Lonja at Valencia. In 1486 he superintended the laying of a marble pavement in the Cathedral there. He is described in a contemporary MS. as being “Molt sabut en l’art de la pedra.” He was made perpetual “Alcaide” of the Lonja, or Exchange, in 1498, with a salary of 30 sueldos a year. He was “Maestro Mayor” of the city, and was employed on some engineering works for it: one of them was the bringing the waters of the river Cabriel to augment those of the Guadalaviar, and in A.D. 1500 he was engaged on another similar work.
Covarrubias [Alonso de].	A native of Burgos. He was one of the Architects consulted as to the erection of Salamanca Cathedral in 1513. He competed with Diego de Siloe for the erection of the Chapel “de los Reyes Nuevos,” Toledo Cathedral, and succeeded, 1531-4. Was Maestro Mayor of Toledo from 1534 to 1566. Employed on the Archbishop’s Palace at Alcalá. Employed by the King on the Alcazars at Madrid and Toledo in 1537. He was paid 25,000 maravedis a year, and compelled to attend his work six months in the year, during which time he received four reals a day for maintenance. He married Maria de Egas, a daughter, it is thought, of Anequin de Egas; and his son was afterwards Bishop of Segovia. Various Royal writs in reference to his work and payment are given by Cean Bermudez, Arq. de Esp., i. 304-7.
Cruz [Diego de la].	Assisted Gil de Siloe in his works in the church at Miraflores, Burgos, A.D. 1496 to 1499.
Cumba [Pedro de].	“Magister et fabricator” of the Cathedral at Lérida in A.D. 1203.
Deo [Petrus de].	Master of the Works at San Isidoro, Leon, in A.D. 1065. He also built a bridge called “de Deo tamben,” and seems to have had a great repute for sanctity.
Dolfin [el Maestro].	Painter on Glass. Commenced painting the windows of Toledo Cathedral in A.D. 1418.
Egas [Anequin de].	Of Brussels. Maestro Mayor of Toledo Cathedral in 1459, and erected the façade “de los Leones” about that year. He had an “aparejador” (or clerk of the works), Juan (or Alfonso?) Fernandez de Llena.
Egas [Anton].	In 1509 was engaged at Toledo Cathedral, and received two writs from the King ordering him to go to Salamanca to assist other Architects in deciding on the plan of the new Cathedral. In A.D. 1510, conjointly with Alonso Rodriguez, he drew a plan for the Cathedral.
Egas [Enrique de].	Succeeded his father as Maestro Mayor of Toledo in A.D. 1494, and held the office until his death in A.D. 1534. He was summoned with other Architects to decide what should be done after the fall of the Cimborio at Seville. He built the Hospital “de los Espiritos,” at Toledo, in 1504-1514, and the Royal Hospital at Santiago in 1519. Altered the Mozarabic Chapel at Toledo, and built the Hospital of Sta. Cruz, Valladolid; went in 1515 with two other Architects to examine J. G. de Hontañon’s work at Seville, for which he was paid 120 ducats of gold. He and Juan de Alava then made plans together for the Capilla Mayor at Seville. He was ordered by the King to go to Zaragoza to examine the Cathedral, but endeavoured to excuse himself on the ground that he had the Royal Hospital at Santiago in hand. In 1529 he appears to have gone again to Salamanca to see whether the work at the Cathedral was being done perfectly by J. G. de Hontañon. He went to Malaga on another occasion with the same object. In a Royal writ issued in his favour, in A.D. 1552, he is called “Maestro de Canteria”—Master of Masonry.
Escobedo [Fr. Juan de].	A monk of the Convent of El Parral, Segovia. He repaired the Roman Aqueduct at Segovia in A.D. 1481.
Estacio.	Native of Alexandria, Engineer, constructed the Mole at Barcelona, 1477.
Fabre, or Fabra [Jayme].	Was Architect of the Dominican Convent at Palma, Mallorca, in A.D. 1317. This seems to have had a single nave of enormous width. He was ordered in 1307 to go to Barcelona to act as Architect at the Cathedral. In 1339 he assisted at the translation of the remains of Sta. Eulalia to the crypt under the high altar. He is said to have died circa 1388. He seems to have been the architect from whose work most of the later Catalan buildings were derived.
Favariis [Jacobo de].	A native of Narbonne, and Architect of the Chevet of Gerona Cathedral in A.D. 1320.
Font [Carlos].	Of Montearagon. Was consulted with others as to the rebuilding of the Cimborio of Zaragoza Cathedral in A.D. 1500.
Font [Juan].	Architect engaged on Steeple at Manresa in A.D. 1572-90.
Forment [Damian].	Executed the alabaster Reredos of Huesca Cathedral in 1520-1533.
Frances [Pedro].	Painter on Glass. Executed some of the windows of Toledo Cathedral, circa 1459, in company with two Germans, Pablo and Cristóbal.
Franck [Juan].	One of the Architects employed on the Tower of Valencia Cathedral, between A.D. 1381 and 1418. He was employed in 1389 at the Monastery of Guadalupe.
Gallego [Juan].	Master of the Works at El Parral, Segovia, in A.D. 1459-1472.
Gallego [Pedro].	“Gobernador de los Torres” at Leon Cathedral in A.D. 1175.
Garcia [Alvar].	Architect of Avila Cathedral in A.D. 1091, a native of Navarre.
Gomar [Francisco].	Executed the Porch in front of the South doorway of Lérida Cathedral, in A.D. 1490.
Gomez [Alvar].	Maestro Mayor of Toledo Cathedral; in A.D. 1418 he designed the West Front and Tower of the Cathedral. The papers in the archives of the Cathedral speak of him as “aparejador de las canteras,” which seems to imply that he was a superintendent of masons. He was appointed to this office in A.D. 1425, and is the first recorded to have held it; from his time the names of the architects of Toledo Cathedral are all known.
Guadalupe [Pedro de].	Made additional Stalls for Palencia Cathedral, and moved the old stalls from the choir into the nave, in A.D. 1518.
Gual [Bartolomé].	One of the Architects summoned to the Junta at Gerona in A.D. 1416. At this date he was Maestro Mayor of Barcelona Cathedral, and calls himself “lapicida et magister operis.”
Guas [Juan].	Architect of the Convent of San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo, commenced in A.D. 1476. His portrait (together with those of his wife and children) is preserved in a mural painting in the Convent.
Guinguamps [Joannes de].	“Lapicida” of the town of Narbonne, and one of the Junta of Architects at Gerona in A.D. 1416.
Gumiel [Pedro].	Architect of SS. Just y Pastor, at Alcalá de Henares, in A.D. 1497-1509. He was “Regidor” of the city in 1492, and Architect to Cardinal Ximenes, and both their names were inscribed on the first stone of the College of San Ildefonso at Alcalá, which was laid in 1497. He died circa 1516.
Gutierrez [Antonio].	Executed the Entrance to the Summer Chapter-house, Toledo Cathedral, in A.D. 1504.
Henricus.	“Magister operis” of Leon Cathedral; he deceased in A.D. 1277.
Holanda [Alberto de].	Painter on Glass, of Burgos. Executed several windows in A.D. 1520 for Avila Cathedral at a charge of 82 maravedis the foot.
Hontañon [Juan Gil de].	Was Maestro Mayor of Salamanca Cathedral when it was resolved to rebuild it. He made plans, which are still (it is said) preserved, with the signatures of four Architects who were called in to advise upon them. He seems, however, to have followed some plans prepared in A.D. 1510 by Alonso Rodriguez and Anton Egas, and to have been appointed Architect in 1513, after having given a joint report with nine other Architects on the mode of construction of the Cathedral. Subsequently other Architects, Martin de Palencia, Francisco de Colonia, Juan de Badajoz, and others, were summoned to Salamanca by the Chapter to certify that he was adhering to the plan originally agreed to. In one of their reports they speak of a plan made by Juan Gil, of which they approve. In 1513, after the fall of the Cimborio at Seville, he was summoned (after a Junta of four Architects had reported) to superintend the work, and before 1522 he made plans for the new Cathedral at Segovia, which was commenced in that year. He deceased in 1531.
Hontañon [Juan Gil de].	Son of Juan Gil. Assisted his father in his work at Salamanca.
Hontañon [Rodrigo Gil de].	Second son of Juan Gil. Continued his father’s works at Salamanca (with a salary of 30,000 maravedis and a house) and Segovia; he erected the Pagan façade of the College at Alcalá de Henares, and churches in various towns. In the paper appointing him “Maestro Mayor” of Salamanca Cathedral, he is called “Master of Masonry.” His will proves that he contracted for as well as designed some buildings, as he complains bitterly of the losses he has sustained in this way, especially in the Church of San Julian at Toro, for which he could not get paid. This will is dated May 27, 1577.
Juan [Pedro].	Sculptor. Executed the Reredos of Tarragona Cathedral in 1426-36.
Lapi [Geri].	Embroiderer, of Florence. He made an Altar-cloth for the Collegiate Church at Manresa, which still exists, and is inscribed with his name.
Llena [Juan Fernandez de].	“Aparejador” or assistant to Anequin de Egas, Architect of Toledo Cathedral in A.D. 1459.
Llobet [Martin].	Completed the Micalete at Valencia in A.D. 1424. He seems to have been a mason, and contracted for the execution of the work.
Loquer [Miguel].	Made the Canopies of the Upper Stalls in the Coro of Barcelona Cathedral in A.D. 1483.
Luna [Hurtado de].	Maestro Mayor of the Church at Irun in A.D. 1508.
Maeda [Juan de].	Assistant to Diego de Siloe, who by his will, in A.D. 1563, left him all his plans and designs.
Manso [Pedro].	Enlarged the Reredos in Palencia in A.D. 1518.
Matheus.	Master of the Works of Santiago Cathedral, from A.D. 1168 to 1188.
Matienzo [G. Fernandez de].	Architect of Church at Miraflores, from A.D. 1466 to 1488, after the death of Juan de Colonia.
Mota [Guillermus de la].	“Socius magistri” of Tarragona Cathedral, and one of the Junta of Architects at Gerona in A.D. 1416. He completed the Retablo of Tarragona Cathedral (commenced by Pedro Juan in 1426).
Narbonne [Enrique of].	Architect of Chevet of Gerona Cathedral in A.D. 1316.
Navarro [Miguel].	Contracted for the erection of the Cloisters of San Francesco el Grande, Valencia, in A.D. 1421.
Nieto [Alonso].	Appointed “Obrero Mayor” of the Works at the Castle “de la Mota,” Medina del Campo, in A.D. 1479.
Olotzaga [Juan de].	Designed and commenced the Cathedral at Huesca in A.D. 1400. He is said to have carved the statues for the façade.
Orozco [Juan de].	One of the Junta of Architects assembled at Salamanca in A.D. 1512.
Ortiz [Pablo].	Executed the Monuments of the Constable Alvaro de Luna and his wife, in the Chapel of Santiago in Toledo Cathedral. He obtained this work in a competition, and contracted for its execution in A.D. 1489.
Paradiso [Mateo].	Architect of the Tower on the Bridge of Alcantara, Toledo, in A.D. 1217.
Peñafreyta [Pedro de].	Master of the Works of Lérida Cathedral, deceased in A.D. 1286.
Perez [Pedro]	or “PETRUS PETRI.” Master of the Works of Toledo Cathedral. He deceased in A.D. 1290.
Pituenga [Florin de].	Superintendent of Works in building the Walls of Avila in A.D. 1090. He is said to have been a Frenchman.
Plana [Francisco de].	A Catalan, Maestro Mayor of Gerona Cathedral circa A.D. 1346-1368.
Raymundo.	Master of the Works of Lugo Cathedral, which was commenced in A.D. 1129. The agreement for his payment is given at p. 131. He was evidently the Architect, and not the builder, of the Cathedral.
Rio [Francisco del].	Built the Steeple of La Magdalena, Valladolid, under contract, and according to the plans of Rodrigo Gil de Hontañon, in 1570.
Roan [Guillen de].	Maestro Mayor of Leon Cathedral; he deceased in A.D. 1431, and on his monument he is called “Maestro” of Leon and “aparejador” of a chapel at Tordesillas, in which he was buried.
Rodrigo.	Sculptor of the lower range of Stalls in the Coro of Toledo Cathedral in A.D. 1495.
Rodriguez [Alonso].	Maestro Mayor of Seville Cathedral in A.D. 1503. In 1510, at the command of the King, he went to Salamanca with Anton Egas, and prepared a plan for rebuilding the Cathedral, and afterwards went to the island of San Domingo to build a Church at Sanlucar.
Rodriguez [Gaspar.]	Made the Iron Screen across the Coro of Palencia Cathedral in A.D. 1555.
Rodriguez [Juan].	Built the Church of San Pablo, Burgos, between A.D. 1415 and 1435.
Romano [Casandro].	Superintendent of Works in building the Walls of Avila in A.D. 1090.
Roque [el Maestro].	Built the Cloister of Barcelona Cathedral, which was completed in A.D. 1448. He was appointed Master of the Works in A.D. 1388.
Ruan [Carlos Galtes de].	Master of the Works at Lérida Cathedral A.D. 1397 to 1416. He was employed on the Campanile.
Ruesga [Juan de].	An inhabitant of Segovia. Was employed by the monks of El Parral to reconstruct the Gallery for the Coro in their Church in A.D. 1494; he also completed Palencia Cathedral A.D. 1506-1510, and seems to have been a builder rather than an architect.
Sagrera [Guillermo].	Master of the Works of S. John, Perpiñan, in A.D. 1416. In the same year he served on the Junta of Architects at Gerona. In 1426 commenced the Lonja or Exchange at Palma in Mallorca, for which he was both Architect and Contractor, and carried it on until A.D. 1448 or 1450, when he quarrelled and went to law with his employers. He then went to Naples, and commenced the Castel Nuovo there in 1450, of which he is described as “Protomagister” in a Royal writ of that year.
Salórzano [Martin de].	Contracted to complete Palencia Cathedral in A.D. 1504, and deceased in 1506.
Sanchez [Bonifacio].	Was Maestro Mayor of Toledo Cathedral in A.D. 1481-94, and designed the Entrance to the old Sacristy.
Sanchez [Martin].	Executed the Stalls in the Coro of the Church at Miraflores, near Burgos, in A.D. 1480.
Sanchez [Pedro].	“Mayordomo” of the Castle at Burgos during its construction in A.D. 1295.
San Juan [Pedro de].	A native of Picardy, and Maestro Mayor of Gerona Cathedral in A.D. 1397.
Santa Celay [Miguel de].	Architect of the Church of San Vicente, San Sebastian, in A.D. 1507.
Santillana [Juan de].	Executed the painted glass at Miraflores, Burgos, circa 1480.
Saravia [Rodrigo de].	One of the Junta of Architects assembled at Salamanca in A.D. 1512.
Siloe [Diego de].	Son of Gil de Siloe the Sculptor. One of the revivers of Pagan art in Spain. He executed various works in Granada, Seville, and Malaga, and deceased in A.D. 1563.
Siloe [Gil de].	Sculptor of the Monuments of Juan and Isabel, and of Alfonso their son, in the Church at Miraflores, Burgos, and of the Retablo in the same Church, between A.D. 1486 and 1499.
Tornero [Juan].	One of the Junta of Architects at Salamanca in A.D. 1512.
Tudelilla.	Of Tarazona. Architect of the Cloister of Sta. Engracia, Zaragoza, in A.D. 1536.
Urrutia [Juan de].	Architect of the Church of San Vicente, San Sebastian, A.D. 1507.
Valdevieso [Juan de].	Executed Stained-glass in the Church at Miraflores in A.D. 1480.
Valdomar.	Architect of West end of Nave of Valencia Cathedral in A.D. 1459.
Vallejo [Juan de].	One of the Architects of Burgos Cathedral. He was consulted as to the rebuilding of Salamanca Cathedral in 1512, and wrought under Felipe de Borgoña in rebuilding the Cimborio of Burgos Cathedral, between A.D. 1539 and 1567. He built the Renaissance Gateway on the East side of the South Transept between 1514 and 1524.
Vall-llebrera [Pedro de].	Architect of the Steeple of Sta. Maria Cervera, A.D. 1431.
Valleras [Arnaldus de].	“Lapicida” and “Magister operis” of the Collegiata at Manresa. One of the Junta of Architects consulted at Gerona in A.D. 1416.
Vallfogona [Bernardo de].	Maestro Mayor of Tarragona Cathedral in A.D. 1375.
Vallfogona [Pedro de].	Executed Reredos of High Altar, Tarragona, and was one of the Junta of Architects at Gerona in A.D. 1416.
Valmeseda [Juan de].	Executed the Statues in the Reredos, Palencia Cathedral, in A.D. 1518.
Vantier [Rollinus].	Maestro Mayor of Gerona Cathedral in A.D. 1427.
Xulbe [Johannes de].	One of the Junta of Architects assembled at Gerona in A.D. 1416. He describes himself as son of Paschasius de Xulbe and “Lapicida.”
Xulbe [Paschasius de].	Master of the Works of Church at Tortosa, and one of the Junta of Architects at Gerona in A.D. 1416.
Zacoma [Pedro].	Architect of the Tower of San Feliu, Gerona, in A.D. 1368.

(C.)

DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW CATHEDRAL AT SALAMANCA.

Royal Order of Ferdinand the Catholic, requiring Alfonso Rodriguez to go to Salamanca to choose the site and to make a design for the Construction of the Cathedral.

The KING to the MASTER MAJOR of the Works of the Church of Seville.