Cathedrals and churches of the Rhine . 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 Sepulchre, is admirably executed in thesixteenth-century style of Koempf, who isresponsible also for the elaborate pulpit. 95 Cathedrals and
Cathedrals and churches of the Rhine . 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 Sepulchre, is admirably executed in thesixteenth-century style of Koempf, who isresponsible also for the elaborate pulpit. 95 Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine There are two other churches in Freiburgof more than usual interest; the parishchurch with a fine fourteenth-century clois-ter, and the Protestant temple, a modernstructure in the Byzantine style, which hasbeen built up on the remains of the churchbelonging to the ancient Benedictine conventof Tonnenbach, which existed in the twelfthcenturv. In the chapel of the university are a num-ber of paintings by 96 IX STRASBURG The greatest curiosity of Strasburg is theRhine; after that, its cathedral. Uusually, on entering Strasburg, the firstlandmark that greets ones eye is the slim,lone spire of the cathedral. Years ago an itinerant showman travelledabout with a model of the celebrated Stras-burg clock, and the writer got his first ideasof a great Continental cathedral from therather crude representation of the Gothicbeauties of that at Strasburg, which gracedthe canvas which hung before the showmanstent. The clock is still there, in all its mysticalincongruity, but ones interest centres in thegrace and elegance of the dwindling spireand its substructure of nave, transept, andchoir, which dominates all else round about. Of many eras, the structure of this greatLatin-cross cathedral is not harmonious; but, 97 Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine for all that, it is a great Gothic triumph, andone which might well lend most of its detailsof construction a
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