Travelogues; . fferprayers to the most sacred icon in his most sacred city. Allday the faithful throng the little chapel. As the Frenchguide-book says, Z« chapellc est habituellement ^leine,and then, in parentheses, prendre g-arde aux the Madonna is rarely at home by day ; her visitorssee and kiss only a substituted copy ; for she must make herdaily round of visits to the houses where pious souls havecalled to her from sick-beds — or where she is expected tobless with her presence some joyful ceremony,—a weddingor a christening. For each of these visits she receives fromtwenty-
Travelogues; . fferprayers to the most sacred icon in his most sacred city. Allday the faithful throng the little chapel. As the Frenchguide-book says, Z« chapellc est habituellement ^leine,and then, in parentheses, prendre g-arde aux the Madonna is rarely at home by day ; her visitorssee and kiss only a substituted copy ; for she must make herdaily round of visits to the houses where pious souls havecalled to her from sick-beds — or where she is expected tobless with her presence some joyful ceremony,—a weddingor a christening. For each of these visits she receives fromtwenty-live to a hundred dollars, and therefore can afford toride in grander state than the humble rival icon, whose neg-lected shrine is near at hand, and whose more modest coach isshown in an illustration. Unfortunately, we failed to securepictures of the equipage of the Iberian Icon. Day after daywe lay in wait in vain ; she always came home too late inthe day for picture-making. Her state-carriage is drawn by. THE IBERIAN CHAPEL 13 194 MOSCOW six horses, with driver and postiHon in brilHant Hvery, butbareheaded. Her progress through the streets is Hke that ofan empress. All traffic ceases, every head is bared andbowed, all hands wave the outline of the cross, all lips aremoved in prayer ; and when, upon arrival, the huge gildedframe is carried from the coach, we see scores of men,women, and children throw themselves upon their kneesand crawl frantically toward it, frequently doing one another 3-$iB S
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