[Illustration: MISSION of SAN XAVIER DEL BAC · 1700-1797]
KEY
A Nave
B Provision Room
C Epistle Chapel
D Sacristy
E Apse
F Gospel Chapel
G Crossing
H Baptistry
I Narthex
J Cloister
K Dormitory Wing
[Illustration: THE MISSION OF SAN XAVIER DEL BAC. PAPAGO VILLAGE IN
FOREGROUND.]
[Illustration: MISSION COURTYARD FROM ABOVE....]
[Illustration: ... AND BELOW.]
[Illustration: THE ENTRANCE PORTAL HAS A DELICATE WOODEN BALCONY
ABOVE, CROWNED WITH A LARGE SHELL MOTIF.]
[Illustration: PAPAGO INDIAN CHILDREN RECESSING AT THE MISSION SCHOOL.]
[Illustration: HIGH ALTAR FROM REAR OF NAVE.]
[Illustration: ONE OF TWO GROTESQUE CARVINGS OF LIONS.]
[Illustration: HIGH ALTAR.]
[Illustration: HIGH ALTAR FROM CHOIR LOFT.]
[Illustration: A HIGH CANOPIED HAND-CARVED PULPIT OF RICH DARK PINE.]
[Illustration: CHOIR LOFT FROM THE HIGH ALTAR.]
[Illustration: LOOKING TOWARD ONE CORNER OF THE WEST TRANSEPT.]
[Illustration: GOSPEL CHAPEL—WEST TRANSEPT.]
[Illustration: EAST TRANSEPT—EPISTLE CHAPEL.]
[Illustration: THE STATUE OF MARY CLOTHED IN A BRIDAL GOWN DONATED BY
AN INDIAN WOMAN.]
[Illustration: ALTAR DEDICATED TO THE MOTHER OF SORROWS.]
[Illustration: BAPTISMAL FONT IN CENTER OF BAPTISTRY. PEDESTAL AND
BOWL OF BAKED BRICK WHICH INCLOSES A COPPER BOWL ENGRAVED ON TOP WITH
MONOGRAM I. H. S.]
[Illustration: THE BAPTISMAL FONT SEEN FROM THE NAVE.]
[Illustration: DETAIL OF BAPTISTRY WINDOW.]
[Illustration: WINDOW OVER ENTRANCE PORTAL.]
[Illustration: THE BELLS OF SAN XAVIER.]
[Illustration: PAPAGO INDIAN HOMES.]
[Illustration: THE GREAT DOME, THE DOMED ROOF, AND THE FINIALS FLANKED
WITH CARVED CASTILIAN LION HEADS.]
[Illustration: PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS IN A CORNER OF THE GARDEN.]
[Illustration: MORTUARY CHAPEL AND GARDEN.]
[Illustration: MEXICAN AND INDIAN BURIAL GROUNDS JUST WEST OF THE
MISSION.]
[Illustration: Gates of San Xavier]