Cathedrals and churches of the Rhine . a plain w^ooden ceiling. The three apses unfold grandly, with thehigh altar in the most easterly or middle ter-mination. The general effect of the interior is decid-edly high coloured, with much polychromaticdecoration and painted glass. In the Harden-rath chapel are found the most striking ofthese mural decorations, which are interestingas illustrating a certain phase of art, if not fortheir supreme excellence. St. Pantaleons claims to be the most an-cient church in the city, dating as far backas A. D. 980, when it was reared from the stonesof the Roman
Cathedrals and churches of the Rhine . a plain w^ooden ceiling. The three apses unfold grandly, with thehigh altar in the most easterly or middle ter-mination. The general effect of the interior is decid-edly high coloured, with much polychromaticdecoration and painted glass. In the Harden-rath chapel are found the most striking ofthese mural decorations, which are interestingas illustrating a certain phase of art, if not fortheir supreme excellence. St. Pantaleons claims to be the most an-cient church in the city, dating as far backas A. D. 980, when it was reared from the stonesof the Roman bridge which before that timestretched across to Deutz. The chapel of theMinorites contains the tomb of Duns Scotus, 266 Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine and a horrible tale is told of his entombmentalive, of his revival in his coffin, his struggleto escape, and his body being found afterwardat the closed door of the sepulchre, with thehand eaten off by himself ere he died ofhunger. A peculiarity of Colognes churches — for COLO&AIE. it is possessed by the Apostles Church, , and St. Andrews — is the westernapse. Such a member is not unique to Cologne,for it exists in the cathedral at Nevers, inFrance, and there are yet other examples inGermany; but its use is sufficiently uncommonto warrant speculation as to its purpose. 267 Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine The Apostles Church has this feature mosthighly developed. The edifice is a noble piledating from early in the eleventh century, butreconstructed two centuries later, to whichperiod it really belongs so far as its generalcharacteristics are concerned. Not all the church architecture of Cologneis Gothic; indeed the churches of the Apostlesand St. Martin each show^ the Lombard influ-ence to a marked degree. The three apses,and their round arches and galleries, are likea bit of Italy transported northward. St. Maria in Capitola, founded by the wifeof Pepin, has the same characteristics, w
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