1. A recent book—D'Emilio, Campbell, and Kessell, Spirit and Vision —documented the history of the church and its attraction as a subject of paintings, graphics, and photographs. See also Robertson and Nestor, Artists of the Canyons and Caminos , 1976. [BACK]

2. See O'Keeffe, Georgia O'Keeffe , unpaginated. [BACK]

3. Kubler, The Religious Architecture , p. 103. [BACK]

4. Domínguez, The Missions , pp. 112-113.

5. Ibid., p. 113. [BACK]

4. Domínguez, The Missions , pp. 112-113.

5. Ibid., p. 113. [BACK]

6. De Morfi, "Geographical Description," p. 97. [BACK]

8. Kessell, The Missions of New Mexico , p. 109. In a more recent publication Kessell assigned an autumn 1815 date for the consecration. Kessell, "Born Old," p. 119. [BACK]

9. Boyd, Popular Arts , p. 352. [BACK]

10. Field, Matt Field on the Santa Fe Trail , p. 42. [BACK]

11. Kubler believed that window size may have increased two to three times. Kubler, The Religious Architecture , pp. 47-48. [BACK]

12. Hooker, "To Hard Plaster or Not?" pp. 11-16. [BACK]

13. Johnson-Nestor, A Report on the Exterior Plaster . [BACK]

14. Robert Nestor, architect, conversation with author, August 1981. [BACK]

15. Pogzeba, Ranchos de Taos , p. ix. [BACK]