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Title: Things seen in Spain. With fifty illus
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine), 1867-1928
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Publisher: London : Seely, Service
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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wear their terno celeste^ vestments of blue andgold. The great doors are wide open, andall day long the people come and go in end-less procession, as the pageants of the pasosarrive and then depart. The Mass, with itselaborate ritual, is sung to the Spanish musicof Eslava; the Sacrament is borne in priestlyprocession. Each day has its special func-tion. On Palm Sunday is the consecrationof the palms and olive branches; on MaundyThursday the typical Spanish ceremony ofthe washing of feet takes place; on GoodFriday there is the Passion Sermon; and onSaturday the Cirio Pascual, the great candle,%5 feet high and 770-880 pounds in weight,is consecrated. All the days the cathedral is filled withrelays upon relays of worshippers: some kneelupon the bare stones, one by one or in groupstogether; some stand; others sit on the chairsthey have brought with them. The blackdresses and mantillas of the women minglewith the bright colours of the peasants whohave come from the country districts. There
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Stereo Co/yng-ht, indei-ivood &■ C. Loiido)i ilr Sew York SACRISTY OF THE CONVENT OF THE CARTUJA^ GRANADA. A fine example of Spanish sculpture. The Spanish People is something social, wellnigh domestic, inthe scene. In the intervals between theirdevotions the women chatter loudly togetherand use their fans ; children play about as ifin their own homes ; even dogs and cats arethere, quite unmolested. The Spaniard iswholly at home in his church, which to himis so much a part of the world and his dailylife that he can talk, eat, sleep, and transactbusiness, there. As the week advances an indescribableemotion grows, which culminates on theSaturday, when, at ten oclock in the morn-ing, the Veil of the Temple is rent in twain.The great purple curtain, which has hung infront of Roldans beautiful Christ upon theCross, is sharply drawn by hidden cords.The signal is given; all the bells of the cityring out joyously, the great organ peals forthjubilees of victory, Gloria in Excelsis soarso

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