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Rh Bk. VU. Ch. II. CATHEDR/VL AT SEVILLE. 273 so soon afterwards, we need hardly be surprised if a Spanish arcui- tect really built this cathedral also. Those features which to us have a foreign aspect may really be peculiarities forced upon him by having to suit his cliurch to the lines of a mosque, and there may be forms in Andalusian architecture derived from Moorish examples with which we are not so familiar as with those which the Northern provinces 718. Plan of Cathedral at Seville. Scale 100 ft. to 1 in. derived from France. But, be this as it may, Spain may well feel pride in possessing a cathedral which is certainly the largest of those of the Middle Ages, as well as far more original in design than Toledo or any that were built under French influence. These remarks apply only to the interior. Externally it never was completed, and those parts which are finished were erected so late in the style that their details are far from pleasing in form or constructively appropriate, vol.. II. — 18