Identifier: cathedralschurch00mans (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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uchy. The cathedral at Freiburg marks the open-ing of a new era in the Christian architectureof Germany. It was founded in 1122 by theDuke of Zahringen, soon after he took overthe guardianship of the city, but it was onlyin 1513 that it was entirely completed. Nothing now remains of the primitivechurch except the transept and the base ofthe lateral portals. The nave dates fromthe middle of the thirteenth century, and thechoir was mostly rebuilt at the same time.The dedication did not take place until acentury and a half later. The structure is in the conventional formof a Latin cross, with the usual nave andaisles and a series of chapels surroundingthe apside. The facade is remarkable for the porch,which is highly ornamented with sculptureand forms the lowest story of the tower. The pediment above the entrance is gar-nished with statuary representing the crown-ing of the Holy Virgin, while just below%at the sides, are two kneeling figures, withcrowns on their heads, bent in prayer. 94
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Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine Besides this gallery of saintly figures, thereare also sculptured symbols which, in sucha company, might well be thought profane:figures representing Geometry, Music, Arith-metic, and the Arts. In the tower, above the porch, is a chapeldedicated to St. Michael, lighted by threeogival windows. It is now a bare, uninter-esting chamber, its altar and decorations hav-ing disappeared. The third story of the tower forms thebelfry, from which springs the gently taper-ing and beautiful spire which rises to aheight only forty feet less than that of Stras-burg. The dwindling spire has a dozen facetswhich in some mysterious way unite with theoctagon of the belfry in a manner that leavesnothing to criticize. Within the cathedral there are some ac-ceptable mural decorations in the wall spaceabove the western arch of the transept cross-ing. There are also a number of funeralmonuments, finely sculptured and quite re-markable of their kind. One, a Christ inthe Sep

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