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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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rt suffered greatly during theThirty Years War, in the War of Succession,and in the Revolution in 1793. Napoleonmade the city a grand duchy in favour of thePrince-Primate Charles of Dalberg. Of the ancient gateways of the city, but oneremains to-day, that of Eschenheim, a finemonument of characteristically German fea-tures of the middle ages. It dates from thefourteenth century. One of the principal attractions of Frank-fort for strangers has ever been the JudenGasse, — the street of the Jews. It dates from1662. As one enters, on the left, at No.148, is the maison paternelle of the celebratedRothschilds. The cathedral at Frankfort is consecratedto St. Bartholomew. It was begun under theCarlovingians and was only completed in thefourteenth century. At the extreme western end is a colossaltower which ranks as one of the latest andmost notable pure Gothic works in Germany(1415 - 1509). Its architect was John of Et-tingen, and it rises to a height of one hundredand sixty-three feet. 156
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RANKEORT CATHEDRAL Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine The fagade of the cathedral is entirely lack-ing in a decorative sense, and the lateral portal,on the south, is much encumbered by sur-rounding structures, though one sees peepingout here and there evidences of a series ofhnely sculptured figures. Above the entrance to the cloister is anequestrian statue of St. Bartholomew, a mas-ter-work of sixteenth-century German sculp-ture. The skull of the apostle is preservedin the church proper. The general plan of the church is that ofa Greek cross, but the termination which holdsthe choir is of much narrower dimensions thanthe other three arms. The grand nave offers nothing of remark,but the side aisle to the right contains a fine Ecce Homo in bas-relief, placed upon thetomb of the Consul Hirde, who died in 1518.Unfortunately the heads of many of the fig-ures, including that of the Christ, are badlyscarred and broken. In the right transept are a series of veryancient German paintings and

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