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Bk. VII. Ch. II. date; the present the style of the end of the 13th century, though it does not seem to l)e known wlien the church was first conse- crated. The church which Toledo Cathedral most resembles in plan is that at Bourges (Wood- cut No. 406). The length is about the same, l)xit the French example is only l;JO ft. in Avidtli across the five aisles, while the Spanish church is 1 / 8 ft., so that its area is con- siderably in ex- cess. It is not easy to say what the area of To- ledo Cathedral really was, as ^e cannot quite de- termine which of the excres- cences belons: to the original de- sign ; but we shall not prob- ably be far wrong in esti- mating it as under 75,000 ft. It is less there- fore than Seville, CATHEDRAL AT TOLEDO. 261 superstructure may rather be taken as representing 705, View iu the Choir of the Cathedral at Toledo. (From Villa Aiuil.)