The Standard guide to StAugustine and Fort MarionPractical information for tourists, descriptions of all points of interests; and an historical summary . severe type. Among the paintings is one ofrecent production and indifferent merit, which has for its historicalsubject The First Mass in St. Augustine. Of the four bells, three are rung or jangled in a way quite pecu-liar to the town. One of these bells, that in the west niche, is abeautiful piece of artistic workmanship. It bears the inscription: Sancte • Joseph • Ora • Pro • Nobis • D • 1682. It has beenclaimed for this bell that it is the
The Standard guide to StAugustine and Fort MarionPractical information for tourists, descriptions of all points of interests; and an historical summary . severe type. Among the paintings is one ofrecent production and indifferent merit, which has for its historicalsubject The First Mass in St. Augustine. Of the four bells, three are rung or jangled in a way quite pecu-liar to the town. One of these bells, that in the west niche, is abeautiful piece of artistic workmanship. It bears the inscription: Sancte • Joseph • Ora • Pro • Nobis • D • 1682. It has beenclaimed for this bell that it is the oldest on this Continent; it maybe the most ancient within the limits of the United States, antedatingby three years the famous bell in the Dutch church at Tarrytown,N. Y., which bears the date 1685. The Cathedral itself is not oldwhen compared with some other church edifices in this country; itis, for example, nearly a hundred years more modern than the Tarry-town church just referred to. It was completed in 1791. Thematerial is coquina, which is stuccoed. The church is open duringthe day; admission to the belfry is by special
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