Cathedrals and churches of the Rhine . ry beautiful. A series of fourteenth or fifteenth century^ Stations of the Cross fill the arches of thetransepts; quite an unusual arrangement ofthis feature, and one which seems well con-sidered. St. Barthelemys is Lieges other greatchurch. It is a basilica of five naves and twoRomanesque towers. It dates in reality fromthe t^velfth century, but has been greatly mod-ernized. St. Barthelemys might have been a highlyinteresting example of a Romanesque churchhad it not been desecrated by late Italian de-tails. St. Barthelemys has a twelfth-century art302 Ca
Cathedrals and churches of the Rhine . ry beautiful. A series of fourteenth or fifteenth century^ Stations of the Cross fill the arches of thetransepts; quite an unusual arrangement ofthis feature, and one which seems well con-sidered. St. Barthelemys is Lieges other greatchurch. It is a basilica of five naves and twoRomanesque towers. It dates in reality fromthe t^velfth century, but has been greatly mod-ernized. St. Barthelemys might have been a highlyinteresting example of a Romanesque churchhad it not been desecrated by late Italian de-tails. St. Barthelemys has a twelfth-century art302 Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine treasure in a brazen font, cast in 1112 by Pa-tras, a brass-founder of Dinant on the bowl depicts five baptismal scenes in highrelief, each accompanied by a descriptivelegend. Upon the rim of the bowl is the fol-lowing legend: ^-^ Bissenis bobus pastorum forma notatur^^uos et apostolice commendat gratia vite^Officiiq; gradus quo Jluminis impetus hujusLetificat sanctam purgatis civibus urbem. 303 XXIX DUSSELDORF, NEUSS, AND MLWXHEN-GLADBACH Diisseldorf Among aesthetic people in general, Diissel-dorf is revered — or was revered, though thetime has long since passed — for that styleof pictorial art known to the world as theDiisseldorf School. A remarkably good collection of picturesremains in its art gallery to remind us of thefame of Diisseldorf as an art centre, but to-dayits art has become ^ old-fashioned, and thegay little metropolis has many, if moreworldly, counter attractions. Diisseldorf takes its name from the littleriver Diissel which joins the Rhine at thispoint. The French guide-books call Diisseldorfthe ^^plus coquettes des hords du R/iin ; andSO it really is, for few tourists go there for its 304 Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine churches alone, though they are by no meanssqualid or inferior. The city was the residence of the Counts,afterward the Dukes, of Berg — for it wasmade a duchy by the Emperor Wenceslaus
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