Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain Part 33

1520 TARAZONA _Cathedral Cloister._ 1520 ZARAGOZA Cimborio of the Seu completed.

1525 SEGOVIA Cathedral commenced.

1531 TOLEDO Chapel de los Reyes Nuevos.

1533 SANTIAGO Cloisters.

1536 ZARAGOZA Sta. Engracia, Cloister erected.

1543 TOLEDO Upper range of Stalls in Coro of Cathedral.

1548 TOLEDO Rejas of Capilla Mayor and Coro of Cathedral.

1550 TARAZONA Cimborio of Cathedral.

1553 ALCALa DE HENARES Patio of University.

1567 BURGOS Lantern or Cimborio completed.

1572-90 MANRESA Steeple of the Seu or Collegiata completed.

1576 VALLADOLID Church of La Magdalena.

1579 GERONA Vault of Cathedral finished.

1586 BURGOS Capilla Mayor in the Church of San Gil.

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CATALOGUE OF ARCHITECTS, SCULPTORS, AND BUILDERS OF THE CHURCHES, ETC., MENTIONED IN THIS VOLUME.

ABIELL [GUILLERMO]. One of the Junta of Architects consulted at _Gerona._ in A.D. 1416. At this time he was Master of the Works at _Sta.

Maria del Pi_, San Jayme, and the _Hospital of Santa Cruz in Barcelona_.

ALAVA [JUAN DE]. One of the Architects summoned to the Junta at _Salamanca_ in A.D. 1513. He was a native of Vitoria, and master of the works of the Cathedral at _Placencia_.

ALEMaN [JUAN]. Sculptor. Wrought at the western and southern doorways of Toledo Cathedral, A.D. 1462-66.

ALFONSO [JUAN]. Sculptor. Wrought on the facade of Toledo Cathedral in A.D. 1418.

ALFONSO [RODRIGO]. Maestro Mayor of _Toledo_ Cathedral, probably the Architect of the Cloister and Chapel of _San Blas_, the first stone of which was laid August 14, 1389. He designed the _Carthusian Convent_ of _Paular_, near Segovia, in A.D. 1390.

ANDINO [CRISToBAL DE]. Made the iron Screen of the Capilla Mayor in _Palencia_ Cathedral in A.D. 1520; the screen of the Chapel of the Constable at _Burgos_ in 1523; and in 1540 he competed unsuccessfully with other men for the erection of the Screens and Pulpits of _Toledo_ Cathedral.

ANTIGONI [ANTONIO]. Master of the Works in the town of _Castellon de Empurias_, and one of the Junta of Architects consulted at Gerona in A.D. 1416.

ARANDIA [JUAN DE]. Probably a native of Biscay. Architect (?) and Builder of the Church of _San Benito_ at _Valladolid_, which was commenced in A.D. 1499. He contracted for the first part of the work for 1,460,000 maravedis, and for the remainder for 500,000.

ARFE [ANTONIO DE]. Silversmith; a native of Leon. His work is thoroughly Renaissance, and, though much praised, really very uninteresting. Circa 1520-1577.

ARFE [ENRIQUE DE]. A German; father of Antonio, born in 1470-80; dec.

circa 1550. A famous Silversmith. Worked at _Leon_, _Toledo_, &c.

ARGENTA [BARTOLOMe]. Master of the works, _Gerona_ Cathedral, 1325 to 1346. He seems to have superintended the erection of most of the Choir now standing.

BADAJOZ [JUAN DE]. Sculptor and Master of the Works of _Leon_ Cathedral.

Architect of Choir of _San Isidoro, Leon_. In A.D. 1512 he was one of the Junta of Architects consulted as to rebuilding _Salamanca_ Cathedral. In 1513 he went to Seville to examine the fabric of the Cathedral, for which he received a fee of 100 ducats. In 1522 he went to _Salamanca_ to see that the works at the Cathedral were being properly executed. In 1545 he was Architect of the Monastery at _Exlonza_ near _Leon_, and calls himself "Architector" in an inscription on its wall.

BALAGUER [PEDRO]. Architect of the Tower of _Valencia_ Cathedral in A.D.

1414. He is called an "Arquitecto perito" in a contemporary doc.u.ment, and was paid for going to _Lerida_, _Narbonne_, and elsewhere, to examine their steeples with a view to his own work.

BARTOLOMe. Sculptor, _Tarragona_. Executed in A.D. 1278 nine of the Statues of the Western Doorway.

BARTOLOMe. Silversmith, who executed part of the Retablo of _Gerona_ Cathedral in A.D. 1325.

BENES [PEDRO]. Made the Canopy over the Altar at _Gerona_ Cathedral before A.D. 1340.

BERNARDUS [FRATER]. Magister Operis of _Tarragona_ Cathedral in A.D.

1256.

BERRUGUETE [ALONSO]. Architect, Sculptor, and Painter. Went to Italy in A.D. 1504, and studied at Rome and Florence: afterwards, in A.D. 1520, returned to Spain, and held the appointment of Maestro Mayor to Charles V. Executed the Stalls and Retablos of _Sun Benito_, _Valladolid_, in 1526-32, and the upper range of Stalls on the Epistle side of _Toledo_ Cathedral in 1543. His works are numerous, and he was the great reviver of Pagan architecture in Spain.

BLAY [PEDRO]. Architect of the Casa de la Disputacion, _Barcelona_, in 1436 according to Cean Bermudez. But this seems impossible, unless there were two of the same name, as one was Maestro Mayor of the Cathedral in 1584.

BOFFIY [GUILLERMO]. Architect of Nave of _Gerona_ Cathedral in A.D.

1416. It was to discuss and advise upon his plan that a Junta of twelve Architects was summoned; their opinions are given in the Appendix [H], and in the end his plan was carried into execution.

BONCKS [ARNAU]. A native of Ax (in the county of Foix). Directed the works at the Mole of _Tarragona_, for which he was also the contractor, in A.D. 1507.

BONIFACIO [MARTIN SANCHEZ]. Maestro Mayor of _Toledo_ Cathedral from 1481 to 1494. He executed the doorway of the old Sacristy, circa 1484.

BONIFACIO [PEDRO]. Painter on Gla.s.s. Executed some of the windows in the nave of _Toledo_ Cathedral in A.D. 1439.

BONIFE [MATIAS]. Made the lower range of Stalls in the Coro of _Barcelona_ Cathedral in A.D. 1457.

BORGOnA [FELIPE DE]. Sculptor of the upper range of Stalls on the Gospel side of _Toledo_ Cathedral. He was consulted as to the design for the Cimborio or lantern of _Burgos_ Cathedral, and executed the Sculptures under the arches of the apse in the same church. He is said to have been Maestro Mayor of _Seville_ Cathedral (?), and was one of the Architects consulted as to _Salamanca_ new Cathedral in A.D. 1512. He died in 1543.

BORGOnA [JUAN DE]. Painted in A.D. 1495 the Cloister of _Toledo_ Cathedral. In 1508 painted five subjects for _Avila_ Cathedral. He dec.

circa 1533.

BRUXELAS [JUAN DE]. Executed the Retablo of the Chapel of _San Ildefonso, Toledo_, in A.D. 1500.

CAMPERO [JUAN]. One of the Junta of Architects consulted at _Salamanca_ in A.D. 1512, and afterwards appointed a.s.sistant to the Architect there.

In 1529 he was engaged as builder at _El Parral, Segovia_. In 1530 he contracted with the Chapter of _Segovia_ for the removal and re-erection of the old _Cloisters_. He had been employed by Cardinal Ximenes as Architect and Builder at _Torrelunga_.

CANET [ANTONIUS]. Sculptor of _Barcelona_. One of the Junta at _Gerona_ in 1416, and Master of the Fabric of the Cathedral at _Urgel_.

CANTARELL [GIBALT]. Architect engaged on Steeple at _Manresa_ from A.D.

1572 to 1590.

CARPINTERO [MACiAS]. A native of Medina del Campo, and Architect and Sculptor of the College of _San Gregorio, Valladolid_, in A.D. 1488. He is said to have committed suicide in A.D. 1490.

CARREnO [FERNANDO DE]. Master of the Works at the _Castle, Medina del Campo_, 1440.

CASTAnEDA [JUAN DE]. Architect at _Burgos_ A.D. 1539. He was one of the Cathedral architects, and wrought under Felipe de Borgona in the rebuilding of the Cimborio, which he completed in A.D. 1567. He is said to have designed the _Gateway of Sta. Maria at Burgos_.

CASTAYLS [MAESTRO JAYME]. Sculptor, _Tarragona_, in 1375. Executed by contract some of the Statues in the Western Doorway of the Cathedral, under the direction of Bernardo de Vallfogona, the Master of the Works.

He executed three of the Apostles and all the Prophets, and bound himself to make them all life-size.

CEBRIAN [PEDRO]. Master of the Works, _Leon_ Cathedral, A.D. 1175.