42 Route 3. BRUGES. North-East and

(21. D, 3), to the N.E. to the large Séminaire Episcopal (Pl. D, H, 3),
which is housed in the old Abbey of Les Dunes (p. 18), transferred
to Bruges in 1623.

The seminary contains a series of grisaille portraits of the Counts of
Flanders, the Dukes of Burgundy, and the Abbots of Les Dunes (1480), in the
style of the so-called Master of the St. Ursula Legend (see p. 41); a portrait
of Abbot R. Norman, by Pieter Claeissens the Elder (1571); and portraits of
all the Bishops of Bruges and Ypres. The relief of the Visitation, in
Kelheim limestone, was executed by G. Schweiger of Nuremberg (ca. 1645)
after A. Direr’s woodcut. The other treasures of art include fine MSS.
(13th cent. and later) and costly bindings (45th cent.).

From the seminary we go on, past the former Plague Hospital
(Pesthuizekens), restored in 1898, to the Hospice de la Poterie
(Pl. E, 2), an asylum for old women, established in 1276. The
entrance (adm., see p. 24) is at No. 77, to the left of the church be-
longing to it.

The hospice contains old paintings, particularly a good picture by
Pieter Claeissens the Younger, representing the Virgin and Child beside a tree
(Van’t Boomtje’), with God the Father, and the Holy Ghost in the form
of a dove at the top (1608; second room on the right). Also miniatures
of the Bruges School; old Flemish tapestry (15-17th cent.); fine antique
furniture, etc.

The Rue du Persil (Pl. E, 3), on the E. side of the hospice, leads
to the poor East QuARTER oF THE Ciry. Near the wind-mill on the
Rempart Ste. Croix (Sinte Kruisvest; Pl. E, 4,5) we have a fine
view of the towers of the city and, to the S., of the imposing Porte
Ste. Croix, or Kruispoort (P!. E,5), dating from the 14-45th cent-
uries. Tramway, see p. 24, — In the Rue des Carmes (PI. B, 4), to
the left, is the picturesqne brick house (4573) of the old guild of
the Arquebusiers of St. Sebastian (Pl. E, 4; No. 164), with a slender
octagonal tower, containing on the groundfloor to the right a col-
lection of portraits and a bust of Charles IJ. of England (p. 36),
who became a member of the guild in 1656 (adm. 25 c.). Shooting
practices (p. xxvi) take place in the fleld beside the building on Mon.,
Wed., and Sat. afternoons in summer. — To the right in the Rue
des Carmes is the Couvent des Dames Anglaises (Pl. E, 4; No. 85),
an English nunnery founded in 1629, with which an excellent school
is connected. The convent possesses some good pictures. The church
of the convent, a Renaissance structure with a dome, was built by
Pulinex in 1738-39, and contains an altar, executed at Rome, com-
posed of rare Persian and Egyptian marbles. — From this point the
Rue Courte des Ménétriers (Korte Speelmans-Straat) and the Rue
de la Balle lead to the S. to the —

Eglise de Jérusalem or Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Pl. D, 4),
a small late-Gothic brick edifice with a short nave and a lofty choir,
founded in 1428 by two brothers named Adornes. The tower is sur-
mounted by a curious wooden dome. The interior contains stained
glass of 1482-1560 (restored in 1890), a bronze monument to Anselm
Adornes (d. 1483) and his wife (d. 1463), and other tombs of the
16-17th century. The crypt and some of the works of art in the