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64 Among the treasures of this chapel are likewise shown the identical royal standards used at the conquest of Granada; the king's sword; the queen's own missal ; their crozier and crown of silver-gilt ; the picture of the Virgin and Child by St. Luke, given to Isabella by Pope Innocent Vm., and before which mass is said every 2nd of January, the anniversary of the taking of the city ; and the portrait of the knight who, during the siege, rode into Granada, and affixed a taper and an * Ave Maria' on the very door of the prin- cipal mosque. In the sacristy is a ^ Conception,' ex- quisitely carved, by Alonso Cano ; an * Adoration of the Kings,' by Hemling, of Bruges ; a curious ring of Sixtus IT. ; a chasuble embroidered by Queen Isabella; some very valuable relics and reliquaries, and a letter of St. Charles Borromeo, which the good-natured dean allowed one of the party to copy. Besides these treasures, and the Capilla de los Reyes, there is really nothing to look at in the cathedral, but one or two good painted glass windows, some clustered columns, and a curious arch in the dome, which was made to bend downwards.

The following morning, after an early service at the Capuchin convent of St. Antonio, one of the party started on an expedition with the sisters of