great pomp to Toledo, and
placed in the centre of his chapel. The tomb of his Countess stands
close to his own; and in the niches of the surrounding walls, those of
his most distinguished relatives, one of whom, on the right of the
altar, is represented in complete armour, with a turban on his head. The
treasures bestowed on this favourite, flowed plentifully into the
Cathedral of Toledo. Besides his chapel, the finest of all--the
elaborately executed enclosure of the sanctuary, is one of his gifts:
his arms are there recognised, frequently recurring among the various
designs of the external tracery.

A narrow passage, leading from the apse between the chapel of Don
Alvaro, and the entrance to the sacristy, communicates with the chapel
of the kings. After passing through a simply designed anteroom of more
recent date, the eye reposes with pleasure on a small interior in the
pointed style of the latest period--of proportions, perhaps, not the
less graceful from their being rather narrow for the length. Two richly
ornamented arches, stretching across the interior, divide it into three
parts, in the first of which is seen a gallery containing an elaborately
wrought gilded confessional. The walls of the two other divisions are
divided into six parts; the chapel having been constructed and endowed
by Juan the First, for the reception of six monuments: those of himself
and his Queen Isabella; those of his father Henry the Second, (natural
son of Alonzo the Eleventh, and who dethroned and killed with his own
hand his half-brother, Pedro the cruel,) and Dona Juana his wife; and
those of Henry the Third, and Dona Catalina his wife.

Returning to the interior of the apse, and continuing in the direction
of the north side, another small passage and anteroom lead to the
principal sacristy, which communicates with the next chapel, called the
Sagrario, and composed of three apartments. The great sacristy contains
some good paintings, particularly the ceiling by Giordano--a modern tomb
of the late archbishop, Cardinal de Bourbon, and a series of narrow
doors, within which are recesses. The first of these contains the crown
and bracelets of the Virgin of the Sagrario: in four others are
preserved magnificent ornaments of silver, representing emblematically
the four quarters of the globe. Each quarter is personified by a figure
invested with the attributes which characterize the region she
represents, seated on a large silver globe, o