Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: from a restoration in the twelfth century, when Mozarabic— that is to say, Christian workmen living under Arabic masters, and much influenced by them, were active in Leon. Doubts of the same kind must rest on all the remains which Senor Lamperez, who is more cautious than some other Spanish authorities, considers authentic—namely, the Latin basilica at Cabeza de Griego, or Segobriga, in the province of Cuenca; the Byzantine basilica at Santa Combe de Bande (Orense), and various fragmentary remains of baptistries at Tarrasa (Barcelona), San Antolin (Palencia), Capilla de Elche (Alicante), and the crypt of the Cathedral of Palencia. All these buildings and remains of buildings are very small, and some are in remote spots of difficult access. It is very doubtful whether the rudely carved figures found at the Cerro de los Santos, near Almansa (Albacete), belong to the Visigoth age or an earlier time. They may be seen in the Museo Arqueologico in Madrid, but the forger has been very busy. The very attractive bust known as the Lady of Elche, because it was found there, which now belongs to the Louvre, is visibly oriental in inspiration. It may be Byzantine or still earlier, but nobody really knows. Jewellery would naturally be the chief art of this age. The glow of gold and the blaze of gems are peculiarly attractive to barbarians, and then precious metals and precious stones are portable property. The votive crowns discovered at Guarrazar, near Toledo, in 1858, bear the names of known kings, and are no doubt the survivals of much goldsmith's work. Some of them—carefully restored—belong to the Louvre. One, which has been left as it was found, can be seen in the Armoury at Madrid. The coins of the Visigoths are numerous, and supply some knowledge of their history. The earliest are struck...