A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . SG, is certainlythe most magnificent in Germany. The twogreat towers, the sjjires of whieli liave only beenjust recently comjileted, are noljly jjlanned, andtlie triangular porch between them is one of tliemost exquisite works of mediieval times. Mosttif tlie windows are of beautiful old stained glass,and as the altars stand beneath canopies coevalwith the building, there is a harmony which isnot freciuently met with in old churches. Thecloisters, which are very extensive, do not join GERMANY that beautiful
A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . SG, is certainlythe most magnificent in Germany. The twogreat towers, the sjjires of whieli liave only beenjust recently comjileted, are noljly jjlanned, andtlie triangular porch between them is one of tliemost exquisite works of mediieval times. Mosttif tlie windows are of beautiful old stained glass,and as the altars stand beneath canopies coevalwith the building, there is a harmony which isnot freciuently met with in old churches. Thecloisters, which are very extensive, do not join GERMANY that beautiful thirteenth century style of pointedGothic which is peculiar to the Danube and itsimmediate ncMghbourhood. This style is re-markable, from the fact that, imlike all otherearly thirteenth century work in Germany, ithas no KomaTiosiiue characteristics about churches of the Nifider-Munster, the Ober-Miinsler, and the abbey of S. Emmcram, alsoin Katisbon, an; early Romanesque works of theliasilica type, unfortunately nuich moilernizedinternally. The last named has a curious crypt. Germany, III.: St. Michaels Church, Munich, Bavaria; Interior of Nave; c. 1585. the cathedral, and are thus more like the cam-jMsanto of an Italian cathedral; they are bi-sected by a large vaulted hall full of ancientmonuments, from which two ancient chapels areentered. The larger, that of S. Stephen, is saidto have been the original cathedral, and datesfrom the ninth or tenth century. The otherone looks like a baptistery, and is thirteenth cen-tury work ; both contain their original altars. Close to the cathedral is a veiy remarkable thirteenth century Gothic church called the Alte-Pfan: Two thirds of the area is covered by vaulted galleries, and its architecture is of 207 at the west end, above ground, supporting achoir and altar. There is also a very beautifulthirteenth century cloister of the characteristicDanubian school, examples of which are to befound in Austria. It is somewhat ditKc
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