Lisbon & Cintra; with some account of other cities and historical sites in Portugal . •«£^ m. The Acadejny of the Bellas Ar^tas coloured gems, examples of rare craftsmanship all vyingone with the other in beauty of design and dainty, in-genious execution. In front of all these glass-facedcabinets one lingers long making im^oluntary comparisons,for the spoils of the different religious houses are markedby name. Among the most valuable and beautiful areranked the Custodia and other jewelled plate of theIgreja Madre de Deus. Sunday afternoon is a favouritetime for the Lisbonense to visit their Na
Lisbon & Cintra; with some account of other cities and historical sites in Portugal . •«£^ m. The Acadejny of the Bellas Ar^tas coloured gems, examples of rare craftsmanship all vyingone with the other in beauty of design and dainty, in-genious execution. In front of all these glass-facedcabinets one lingers long making im^oluntary comparisons,for the spoils of the different religious houses are markedby name. Among the most valuable and beautiful areranked the Custodia and other jewelled plate of theIgreja Madre de Deus. Sunday afternoon is a favouritetime for the Lisbonense to visit their National Museum,in fact I have been there at times when it was difficult topass from one gallery to the other for the number blockingthe way. Among the many appreciators of the Churchsinvaluable relics one notes groups of the humbler classes ofcity and suburb, the women with the gay, spotless hand-kerchiefs tied round their heads, the men in their broad-brimmed sombreros of felt, their awed, absorbed faces allshowing the keenest interest in objects that still retain forthem the original hal
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