Yet architecture has this advantage over the sister arts of design, that the mere statement of the dimensions helps us much in forming a conception of the work. ... (1) The cost of its construction and interior decoration, we are informed by Father Siguenca, amounted to very near six millions of ducats. (2) Siguenca was prior of the monastery, and had access, of course, to the best sources of information.
Title | : | History of the Reign of Philip the 2d |
Author | : | William Hickling Prescott |
Publisher | : | - 1859 |
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