. Germany;. in dreamland. Only two squares inthe world are worthy to be compared to this—themarket-place in Brussels and the square in fourteenth-century Town Hall, the TemplarHouse, and the house of the Butchers Guild arefascinating beyond the power of expression. IfGoslar is expressive of the power of the emperorsin mediaeval times, Hildesheim speaks to us of themight of the papal power. It owes much of itsglory to Bernward, its great bishop, who lived from933 to 1022. He was at once a great warrior, agreat statesman, a great scholar, a great builder, amunificent patron of art, an
. Germany;. in dreamland. Only two squares inthe world are worthy to be compared to this—themarket-place in Brussels and the square in fourteenth-century Town Hall, the TemplarHouse, and the house of the Butchers Guild arefascinating beyond the power of expression. IfGoslar is expressive of the power of the emperorsin mediaeval times, Hildesheim speaks to us of themight of the papal power. It owes much of itsglory to Bernward, its great bishop, who lived from933 to 1022. He was at once a great warrior, agreat statesman, a great scholar, a great builder, amunificent patron of art, and a mighty successors for many generations were chosenfrom princely houses, and ruled with resistlesspower. For centuries they lorded it over the townand all the region round. The house of the Roman emperors, adorned withfigures of the Caesars, associates Hildesheim with HILDESHEIM St. Andrews churchyard with two of the oldesthouses. That on the right goes by the name ofthe inverted HANOVER AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD 173 the mistress of the world ; and a treasure of Romansilver, found by a workman as in 1868 he wasdigging the foundations of a house on the Galgen-berg, proves the presence of a Roman colony. Theoriginal Hildesheim silver treasure undoubtedlybelonged to some noble Roman of the Augustanage, and is exhibited in the Industrial Museumin BerUn. It consists of the table silver of aRoman equestrian, and is among the most costlyand beautiful remains of antique art that have comedown to us. A facsimile of the whole made by aParis silversmith was presented to Hildesheim byold Emperor William. Another remarkable town near at hand isLlineburg, from which Prince Bismarck derivedone of his titles. It is full of many remarkableexamples of old German architecture. It is analmost unknown treasure-house, presenting manyexamples of mediaeval house-building. It is lyingin obscurity, but the day is not far distant whenstudents of art will find their way hither. It
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