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Bk. Y. Cii. II.
GERNEODE.
221
must come down to the end of the lOth or
The most important building o£ the tenth century is the crypt of
the Abbey of Quedlinburg, erected by Matilda, consort of Henry I., in
936 a.d. It consists of three aisles, covered with parallel barrel vaults
supported upon alternating piers and columns, and is the first appear-
ance of this favourite form of support in German basilicas. The
dimensions of this building are 23 feet 8 inchesx22 feet 7 inches, and
32 feet 2 inches to the crown of vault.
The caps and bases take a distinctive form, leading from the debased
Roman to the Romanesque, the further development of which can be
seen in the choir of the abbey church at Essen, erected shortly
after 947 a.d.
Leaving these, we
beginning of the
llth century for
examples of the class
we are now speaking
of. Of these, one of
the most perfect and
interesting is the
church at Gernrode,
in the Hartz,
founded a.d. 960,
when probably the
eastern part (not the
extended choir) was
commenced, and the
whole building may
be assumed to have
been erected within
a century after that
date. From the plan
(Woodcut No. 692)
694.
View of West End of Abbey of Corvey.
it will be seen how
singularly like it is
to the St. Gall example, except that it appears to have been originaily
about 50 ft., or one-fourth, less in length. The western circular
towers, instead of being detached, are here joined to the building.
Piers too are introduced internally, alternating with pillars ; and
altogether the church shows just such an advance on the St. Gall plan
as we might expect a century or so to produce. It exemplifies most
satisfactorily the original form of these churches.
It possesses what is rare in this country—a bold triforium gallery,
and externally that strange frontispiece, forming the connecting gallery
of the two towers, which is so distinguishing a characteristic of German
churches. A still bolder example of this gallery remains in the façade
GERNEODE.
221
must come down to the end of the lOth or
The most important building o£ the tenth century is the crypt of
the Abbey of Quedlinburg, erected by Matilda, consort of Henry I., in
936 a.d. It consists of three aisles, covered with parallel barrel vaults
supported upon alternating piers and columns, and is the first appear-
ance of this favourite form of support in German basilicas. The
dimensions of this building are 23 feet 8 inchesx22 feet 7 inches, and
32 feet 2 inches to the crown of vault.
The caps and bases take a distinctive form, leading from the debased
Roman to the Romanesque, the further development of which can be
seen in the choir of the abbey church at Essen, erected shortly
after 947 a.d.
Leaving these, we
beginning of the
llth century for
examples of the class
we are now speaking
of. Of these, one of
the most perfect and
interesting is the
church at Gernrode,
in the Hartz,
founded a.d. 960,
when probably the
eastern part (not the
extended choir) was
commenced, and the
whole building may
be assumed to have
been erected within
a century after that
date. From the plan
(Woodcut No. 692)
694.
View of West End of Abbey of Corvey.
it will be seen how
singularly like it is
to the St. Gall example, except that it appears to have been originaily
about 50 ft., or one-fourth, less in length. The western circular
towers, instead of being detached, are here joined to the building.
Piers too are introduced internally, alternating with pillars ; and
altogether the church shows just such an advance on the St. Gall plan
as we might expect a century or so to produce. It exemplifies most
satisfactorily the original form of these churches.
It possesses what is rare in this country—a bold triforium gallery,
and externally that strange frontispiece, forming the connecting gallery
of the two towers, which is so distinguishing a characteristic of German
churches. A still bolder example of this gallery remains in the façade