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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When the provostpassed near him, the animal sprang upon himand tore him to pieces, whereupon it was sup-posed that the venerable archbishop had exer-cised a divine power, and delivered up theoppressor to the fury of a wild beast. Likemost of the Rhine legends, it is astonishinglysimple in plot, and likewise has a religiousturn to it, which shows the great respect ofthe ancient people of these regions towardtheir creed. Sinzig Between Andernach and Bonn is the tinycity of Sinzig, famous for two things, — itscharmingly disposed parish church and thewines of Assmanhaus. The town was the ancient Sentiacum ofthe Romans, constructed in all probability bySentius, one of the generals of Augustus. The church at Sinzig, in company w4th St.Quirinus at Neuss, has some of the best medi-aeval glass in Germany. This small, but typically Rhenish, parishchurch has also a series of polychromaticdecorations which completely cover its avail-able wall space. There is a vividness about them w^hich may204
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St)!Z2cr Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine be pleasing to some, but which will strikemany as being distinctly unchurchly. As a Christian edifice, the church at Sinzig,with its central tower and spire, is only re-markable as typifying the style of Romano-ogival architecture which developed sobroadly in the Rhine valley at the expense ofthe purer Gothic. 207 XXII TREVES Southwesterly from Coblenz, betweenthe Rhine and Metz, is Treves, known bythe Germans as Trier. Situated at the south-ern end of a charming valley, which moreor less closely follows the banks of the Mo-selle, it has the appearance of being a vastpark with innumerable houses and edificesscattered here and there through the foliage.The city contains many churches, of which thecathedral of St. Pierre et Ste. Helene is thechief. At one time the Augusta Trevirorum ofthe Romans was the richest, the most for-tunate, the most glorious, and the most emi-nent of all the cities north of the Alps, saidan enthusiastic local histor

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