. Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of tours in the north of Italy . y oj)ened its arms for our reception,and ere long we were, oblivious of all our toil, comfortablyensconced in bed. From our windows we had a pleasantview of our quarters; it was broad daylight, and the prospectwas—as from such a position, looking up a lake, it always is—very fair and charming. We were up again soon after eight, and were glad to findthe morning fine, though the clouds were low, and we saw, ?consequently, nothing of the distant view of mountains whichlends its greatest charms to Zurich, The town is, ho
. Brick and marble in the middle ages: notes of tours in the north of Italy . y oj)ened its arms for our reception,and ere long we were, oblivious of all our toil, comfortablyensconced in bed. From our windows we had a pleasantview of our quarters; it was broad daylight, and the prospectwas—as from such a position, looking up a lake, it always is—very fair and charming. We were up again soon after eight, and were glad to findthe morning fine, though the clouds were low, and we saw, ?consequently, nothing of the distant view of mountains whichlends its greatest charms to Zurich, The town is, however,pretty and striking. The picturesque houses, with woodedhills on all sides beyond them, and very charming views ofthe lake, if they do not make its attractions first-rate, atany rate make them very considerable. The main feature of interest for me was the cathedrul, afine liomanesque church, very fairly perfect, but mutilatedin its interior iirrjingements by the Calvinists, in whose handsit now is. In plan, it has a nave willi aisles of six bays, a ^^^^^//\V \%. 2.—CLOISTEE, ZDRICH CATHEDRAL. Page 19 CiiAi. II.] ZUIMCH. 19 sliort choir, and east of this a square-ended sanctuary, theaisles having apses, roofed with semi-domes. In the navetwo of the aisle-arches make one groining hay. The trans-verse groining-rihs are of a simple square section, the diagonalribs having in addition a large round member. The triforiumis very large and fine, and is made use of for congregationalpurposes, being fitted up with seats, which, curiously enough,are all made to turn up as misereres. There are no sanctuary arch is loftier than the choir arch, and seemsto have been intended to be very distinctly marked. In theclerestory there simple round-headed lights in eachbay ; the choir is arcaded all round internally, and for frigid-ity of eifect cannot be surpassed; the internal fittings com-prise an immense pulpit, but, so far as I could see, not evenan apology for a
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