Identifier: cathedralschurch01mans (find matches)
Title: Cathedrals and churches of the Rhine
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: (Mansfield, Milburg Francisco), 1871- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Cathedrals. (from old catalog)
Publisher: Boston, L. C. Page and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ted base. The lower portion isrectangular, but the octagon which forms theupper stages and pierced to the light ofday, as the French have it, follows the bestaccepted style of its era. In its way it is, al-though quite different, the rival of St. Ouens Crown of Normandy at Rouen. There are 453 steps to be mounted if onecares to ascend to the platform, 103 metresfrom the ground. One gets the usual birds-eye view, with this difference, that the glanceof the eye seems to reach out into an inter-minable distance, by reason of the generalflatness of the country. One sees, at any rate,quite all of the provinces of South Holland,with the Zuyder Zee to the north, and a partof Guelderland and North Brabant. Thetower possesses also a fine set of chimes offorty-two bells which is reminiscent of Bel-gium; but, unlike those in the famous oldbelfry at Bruges, the chimes on the Dotnkerkat Utrecht do not ring out popular marchesor the airs of popular songs. The interior is so crowded with benches,340
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UTRECHTand ItsCATHEDRAL Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine similar to what English churchgoing peopleknow as pews, that its original aspect is some-what changed. Eighteen great pillars holdaloft the vaulting of the choir and transepts. A notable tomb in black and white marbleis that of Admiral van Gent (1676), and an-other is that of Bishop Georges dEgmont(1549). In the vault beneath the edifice wereburied the viscera of Conrad II. andHenry V., who died at Utrecht, and whoseremains, with this exception, were transportedto Speyer. A fine Gothic cloister connects the cathedralwith the university. This has, in recent years,undergone restoration of a most practical anddevoted kind. It is a marvel of modern archi-tectural work. St. Peters is another ancient Roman Catho-lic church now devoted to Protestant uses. St. Johns also comes under this category.It is a fine example of a small Gothic churchof the variety which was best known only inHolland and Belgium; much more severethan the Fren

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