The Story of Santiago de CompostelaJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1912 - 332 páginas |
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Alfonso III Almanzor altar ancient Apostle Apostle's apse Archbishop arches architecture artist battle of Clavijo beautiful Bishop building built Byzantine Calixtus Capilla capilla-mayor capitals carved Castile Cathedral of Santiago Celts centre chapel charming Christ Christian church of Alfonso Churrigueresque cloister colour columns Compostela convent decorated delightful door doorway edifice English entrance example façade Ferreiro figures gain Galicia Gallegan Gate of Glory Gelmirez give Gothic holy hospital inscription interesting Iria Iria Flavia James Juan King legend Mateo modern monastery Mondoñedo monument Moorish Moors native nave ornament Padron peasants Pedro pilgrims placed Plateresque Platerias Plaza Pontevedra postela Puerta Renaissance Romanesque saints Salomé Santa Maria Santiago Cathedral Santiago de Compostela Santo sculpture seen shrine side Spain Spaniards Spanish Spanish churches stands statues stone streets style Suevi to-day tomb towers town transept twelfth century Villa-Amil Virgin visitor walls women
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Página 40 - Their Kabah is a colossal idol, which they have in the centre of the church ; they swear by it, and repair to it in pilgrimage from the most distant parts, from...
Página 31 - ... reduced to about thirty men and ten women, having no other food for support than the honey which they gathered in the crevices of the rock which they themselves inhabited like so many bees.
Página 31 - Anbasa's administration a despicable barbarian, whose name was Pelayo, rose in the land of Galicia, and, having reproached his countrymen for their ignominious dependence and their cowardly flight, began to stir them up to avenge their past injuries and to expel the Moslems from the land of their fathers. From that moment the Christians of Andalus began to resist the attacks of the Moslems on such districts as had remained in their possession, and to defend their wives and daughters. The commencement...
Página 50 - ... galleries of the sacred edifice as if they were an inn. It was not until the thirteenth century that the making-up of beds in the cathedral was prohibited. We read of frightful crushes and stampedes taking place in the fourteen gateways that gave entrance to the city, which were of so dangerous a nature to the pilgrims' lives and limbs that complaints in reference to them were sent to Rome. Kings and queens, princes and nobles, warriors and saints — all the great ones of the world joined in...
Página 58 - ... religious congregations, both of monks and nuns, have made their home in the island. Nowhere in Spain have I seen so many and, moreover, such intelligent and distinguished priests ; every moment a priest seems to pass ; it is so even as I write the words. The Mallorcans are, on one side of their nature, genuine artists. They share in full measure the love of music which distinguishes the neighbouring Catalonian and Valencian coasts from the rest of Spain. They have always been poets in their...
Página 31 - The commencement of the rebellion happened thus : there remained no city, town, or village in Galicia but what was in the hands of the Moslems, with the exception of a steep mountain on which this Pelayo took refuge with a handful of men ; there his followers went on dying through hunger, until he saw their numbers reduced to about thirty men and ten women, having no other food for support than the honey which they gathered in the crevices of the rock which they...
Página 52 - English port sent forth its bands of pilgrims. Thus, in the next century, we find a guide-book published for the special use of English pilgrims, entitled The Way from the Lond of Engelond unto Sent Jamez in Galiz.
Página 63 - Welsh harp and the crouth, others to the psaltery, and others to many other musical instruments. Some weep for their sins, some read psalms, and some give alms to the priest. There does not exist a language or a dialect that is not heard in the cathedral. If any one enters sad, he goes out happy ; there is celebrated one continuous festival ; people come and go, but the service is not interrupted by day or by night.
Página 31 - Pelayas and his men fortified themselves by degrees in the passes of the mountain, until the Moslems were made acquainted with their preparations ; but, perceiving how few they were, they heeded not the advice conveyed to them, and allowed them to gather strength, saying, " What are thirty barbarians, perched upon a rock ? they must inevitably die.
Página 19 - John, whom Herod beheaded in Jerusalem. He came by sea, borne by his disciples " A small church was built on the site, and from the beginning it attracted pilgrims.