. Transylvania; its products and its people. With maps and numerous ills. after photographs. The whole of the interior shows an endless diversity offorms. There is something grand and solemn in theheavy massiveness of the pillars, and in the dimnesswhich the low vault and the thick walls spread over theside aisles. As usual, this most curious and interesting buildingwas spoiled by the want of taste and knowledge whichseems to prevail here in all such matters. The columns andtheir capitals, the vaults and groining, had been paintedall sorts of colours, but, thanks to the present bishop, allthes
. Transylvania; its products and its people. With maps and numerous ills. after photographs. The whole of the interior shows an endless diversity offorms. There is something grand and solemn in theheavy massiveness of the pillars, and in the dimnesswhich the low vault and the thick walls spread over theside aisles. As usual, this most curious and interesting buildingwas spoiled by the want of taste and knowledge whichseems to prevail here in all such matters. The columns andtheir capitals, the vaults and groining, had been paintedall sorts of colours, but, thanks to the present bishop, allthese blemishes are being gradually removed with lovingcare under his own inspection. The rector of the publicschool at Schassburg, Friedrich Miiller, with a thoroughknowledge of his subject, has given an account of this. SOUTHWARDS. 513 unique monument, as well as of other remains of this pe-culiar style of architecture extant in Transylvania. The cathedral has suffered in all possible ways, nowby fire, now by bombardment, explosion, and destroyinghordes. The south portal, at present walled up, is par-ticularly tasteful. The leaves on the corners of thecapitals are bent downwards, to indicate the ponderous-ness of the superincumbent weight. In the field abovethe portal is a representation of Christ, the right handraised to bless, and on one side St. John, and on theother an older apostle. Two doves, symbolic of theHoly Ghost, brood beside their heads. The way in which the flat surface was made to look light,and diversified,and graceful, isshown in a cor-nice on the northside, where ani-mals, and foli- age, and gro-
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