tailieunhanh - The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine

There is no topographical division of Europe which more readily defines itself and its limits than the Rhine valley from Schaffhausen to where the river empties into the North Sea. The region has given birth to history and legend of a most fascinating character, and the manners and customs of the people who dwell along its banks are varied and picturesque. Under these circumstances it was but to be expected that architectural development should have expressed itself in a decided and unmistakable fashion. One usually makes the Rhine tour as an interlude while on the way to Switzerland or the Italian lakes, with little thought of its. | The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine by 1 The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine by Francis Miltoun This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine Author Francis Miltoun Illustrator Blanche McManus Release Date April 10 2010 EBook 31936 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine by 2 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CATHEDRALS Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project. Illustration BOOKCOVER Illustration COLOGNE CATHEDRAL Illustration MAP of the RHINE VALLEY THE CATHEDRALS AND CHURCHES OF THE RHINE By FRANCIS MILTOUN AUTHOR OF THE CATHEDRALS OF NORTHERN FRANCE THE CATHEDRALS OF SOUTHERN FRANCE DICKENS LONDON ETC. WITH NINETY ILLUSTRATIONS PLANS AND DIAGRAMS By BLANCHE McMANUS Illustration BOSTON L. C. Page and Company PUBLISHERS Copyright 1905 BY L. C. PAGE COMPANY INCORPORATED All rights reserved Published September 1905 Second Impression May 1909 COLONIAL PRESS Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds Co. Boston U. S. A. CONTENTS 3 CHAPTER PAGE CHAPTER PAGE Apologia v I. Introductory 1 II. The Rhine Cities and Towns 13 III. The Church in Germany 29 IV. Some Characteristics of Rhenish Architecture 40 V. The Accessories of German Churches 56 VI. Constance and Schaffhausen 68 VII. Basel and Colmar 83 VIII. Freiburg 93 IX. Strasburg 97 X. Metz 114 XI. Speyer 127 XII. Carlsruhe Darmstadt and Wiesbaden 134 XIII. Heidelberg and Mannheim 142 XIV. Worms 149 XV. Frankfort 155 XVI. Mayence 161 XVII. Bacharach Bingen and Rudesheim 172 XVIII. Limburg 181 XIX. Coblenz and Boppart 187 XX. Laach and Stolzenfels 194 XXI. Andernach .