At lunchtime I visited the gallery and found myself wander- ing through the meagre collection of H G Gothic and Byzantine Er a art, and I remembered how I had franticall run through room upon room of such carvings, altarpieces and frescoes--trying to cast an eye over all--in the Museu Nacional a'Art de Catalunya in Barcelona, before it closed for the day. The sheer quantity and weight of years was mind-blowing.