Lisbon & Cintra; with some account of other cities and historical sites in Portugal . Evora capitals the lingering influence of the Romano-Byzantinestyle. The Capella-mor was rebuilt in the eighteenthcentury by Ludovici, the architect of the Mafra Basi-lica, showing the same variety of rare marbles, but asin Alcoba^a this later work strikes a discordant note in theharmonious dignity of the twelfth-century have been Bishops of Evora since the early date of303. In 1540 it was made an archbishopric, the first prelatewho wore the mitre being the Cardinal King, D. court
Lisbon & Cintra; with some account of other cities and historical sites in Portugal . Evora capitals the lingering influence of the Romano-Byzantinestyle. The Capella-mor was rebuilt in the eighteenthcentury by Ludovici, the architect of the Mafra Basi-lica, showing the same variety of rare marbles, but asin Alcoba^a this later work strikes a discordant note in theharmonious dignity of the twelfth-century have been Bishops of Evora since the early date of303. In 1540 it was made an archbishopric, the first prelatewho wore the mitre being the Cardinal King, D. courtesy of a Canon of the cathedral granted us theprivilege of viewing the church plate and vestments, arare collection, one of the most valuable in Portugal in spiteof the robberies of the French invasion. There was amarvellous cross of gold—a reliquary containing a frag-ment of the Holy Cross—adorned with no less than 1,426jewels: diamonds, rubies, sapphires, emeralds, one rarejacinth, and an agate cameo on which was carved minutelythe figures of the Virgin and Son. The custodia
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