Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-19
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anything else, form most curious
cptome OF me history Of Spanish Sc
uuIchral decoration. MarQuises and
counts. less hOnored in death as In IRE,
had cemetery assigned to them IN
the strip Of ground surrounding the
apse. Famous warriors We're buried
In The nave and autc-chapel The
bishops Of LcrIda and Tarragona, de-
serling their own cathedral had each
their appointed portion ~ the transept;
while the abbOts of poblet far mighuer
than bishops occupied the chapter
house where numbers Of their yenera-
BILE eiigles may sun Doe seen-haYlng
been hastily covered over az the Time
N the Invasion.
Gradually the monks Of P0blet grew
more and more exclusive. From I'VE
hundred. their number was reduced
to sixty-siX, ana into that sacred circle
mo- novice could come bon whose veins
ran other than the purest blood OF the
Spanish grandee. lie who became q
monk Of Poblet had 20 prove his pedl-
gree. ana the chapter sat In solemn de-
liberation upon his quarterlngs Every
mank had his two servants ana RODE
upon snow white mule, The mules
bred by the friars Were sought through
the whole peninsula and fabulous prices
paid for them. Within the walls every
variety OF trade was represented. SO
that the convent became Independent
OF the outer world, ana no monk need
look beyond his cloister for anything
Tailors. shoemakers, apOthecarles, each
had their wing OF court. Hospitals
were built close by for sick and ailing
pilgrims. and beside them a palace
for the soverelgns who here sought the
cure OF their souls. The vast produce
Of the vineyards that depended upon
poblet was brought TO the convent
wine-presses, and was slowed away
IN lie vast avenue Of wlne-yats. III
proratO' as Il was called, became the
most reputed OF spanish wines,
and the nipes, the presses
and the watts 20 this day
remain almost entire. II was the same
old story indicated by that Significant
clause Ia the prayer-book-"ln all time
uf our prosperity good Lord deliver
u.s. As the power Of the convent IN
creased the friars of Poblet like auto
cratic sovercigns Issued their COM
mands. and the surrounding country
had only to hear and obey, He who
failed TO attend the summons OF the
mass-bell must answer to the monks
for his neglect. RumOn, which Us
known TO have "a million feet but no
head told OF offending peasants who
entered the convent gates and never
came forth. and the monks became the
bug-a-hoo whispered by the lace-mak-
ing mothers 20 Tighten refractory
children into subsection. Then came The
wars OF Don Carlos Half the monks
were royalists-half were Carlists; and
when political dissensiOns arose within
the mystic circle, the Carlist monks, be
licvng themselves oppressed and NUT
tering vengeance. whispered abroad
tales OF secret dungeons and hidden tor
ture Public curiosity became excited.
Finally the convent doors were broken
iu by night and the tOWnfolk. stream
Ing through court and cloister reached
the dungeon which had been designat-
ed--where sure enough. as may today
be spou-the dreaded rack and other Inc
strumeuts OF torture were found. ana
beneath n a pit filed with human
bones Then the ayenging cry was
Destroy DESTROY" Twenty-fOur
hours was Insisted upon by the author
ltios. 90 give the frilrs a chance for
safety They escaped, but only WIN
their lives. p0blet beautiful Poblet,
was left IN an its perfection and incom-
putablc riches. Every weapon OF de-
struction was pressed into service by
me avengers Picture. shrine, tomb
andfresco fN alike under the destroying
hammer I'm exhausted with devasta-
tlon, the frantic mob set fire TO the
glorious sacrsty while the inestimable
manuscripts Of the library, piled heap
on heap, were consumed 10 ashes.
Today violence and vengeance are
written on every stone. The vast walls.
the mighty court. the endless cl0lstprs.
look as II the shock OF a terrible earth.
quake had passed over them. There
is no soothing vegetation no ivy, no
flowers In neglected gardens and the
very beauty and lrllcacy of the frag-
mCnts OF sculpture which remain IN
the rided walls whore they are too high
mp for the spoilers hands only make
stronger contrasts with Tho ylWninC
wounds where sections uf stone were
violently torn away and where marble
pillars DE dashed to atoms ON the
ground An English ruin, softCnad and
molloWcd by time. fading and crumb-
ling by gradual and gentle decay. can
give no idea of this. II might tu be-
fresh and perfect now, but is The most
utterly ruined ruin than can eXlst-thc
very abominauon OF desoBti0u The
approach 10 the great religious house
Is first indicated by a tall stone cross
rising on "a lofty pedestal stained with
golden lchen and with myrtle and len.
tisch growing In the holloWs OF us gray
stones. Then you encounter strange.
uncanny group Of sanity figures IN
stone. standing allft amid a solitary
grove OF pillars 40 "a Cross-w1y- -mark-
ing the afternoon walk ot the frlars.
Hence an avenue. With broken stone
benches at intervals On either side.
leads up 90 the convent walls But
there Is no entrance here-only o great
stone basin oyerhuug with ferns and
water plants. a clear sparkling noun
tain torrent murmuring hy It's side.
Passing around the walls for "a great
distance you come at last % the am
Client gateway whore are the remains
of "a series Of frescnes which ten the
story of the Moorish Invasion. At the
right o. thn little decorated chanel 0f
S. George. IN which nothing ls left but
the figures hut The figures 90 one war
rlor and the 0vcnging agol Directly
Won como to another chapel wlnd1wlass
and gross-grown. then 20 me great hos.
pital reduced 20 q mere shel
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