Norway, Sweden, and Denmark: with excursions to Iceland and Spitzbergen ; handbook for travellers . nd here developed, with the aid of favourablematerial (bluish saponite or soapstone, Norwegian klaeberstenfrom quarries to the E. of Trondhjem, and marble from the quarries Cathedral. TRONDHJEM. 29. Route. 203 of Almenningen, p. 212), all the decorative splendour of early Gothic,mingled with Romanesque features, with traces of elahorate class-ical treatment, and with indications of exuberant a fourth building period, 1248-1300, was added the grandNave (PI. D), also Gothic, but
Norway, Sweden, and Denmark: with excursions to Iceland and Spitzbergen ; handbook for travellers . nd here developed, with the aid of favourablematerial (bluish saponite or soapstone, Norwegian klaeberstenfrom quarries to the E. of Trondhjem, and marble from the quarries Cathedral. TRONDHJEM. 29. Route. 203 of Almenningen, p. 212), all the decorative splendour of early Gothic,mingled with Romanesque features, with traces of elahorate class-ical treatment, and with indications of exuberant a fourth building period, 1248-1300, was added the grandNave (PI. D), also Gothic, but still more under English cathedral has been repeatedly injured by Are, in 1328 so seriouslythat the choir had to be almost entirely rebuilt. In 1531 a terribleAre destroyed both town and cathedral. The adoption of the Re-formation in 1537 limited the restoration to the most urgent 1708 and 1719 the church was again injured by Are, and downto 1869 the part W. of the transept was a ruin. Since then it hasbeen undergoing judicious restoration: a great work which is justly. Ground Plan of the Cathedral: Romanesque parts black, Gothicparts shaded. regarded as a point of national honour. The able architect C. Christie(d. 1906) used all the old parts and carefully supplemented themwith new ones. The chapter-house, the choir with its octagonal apseand rich S. portal (Kongeindgangen, royal entrance), and the gTeatcentral tower with its four corner-turrets in the English style, arecompleted. The work is now progressing under the architect ; its completion in 1914 is hoped for, but will probablytake longer. The funds are provided by the state, by the TrondhjemSavings Bank, and by private contributions (about 100,000 kr. perannum). The Interior is open and ; Sun. only (donationto funds expected). — We enter the Romanesque Chapter House (PI. K;comp. p. 202) and pass through it to the E. end of the church with itsdomed Octagon (PI
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