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Bk. VI. Ch. I.
NORWAY.
317
seventy years the wholc of the eastern part of the cathedral was
rebuilt, the tomb-house or shrine being joinecl on to the apse of the
Lady Church, as was explained in speaking of the origin of the French
chevet (p. 73). In 1248 Archbishop Sigurd commenced the nave,
but whether it was ever completed or not is by no means certain.
In 1328 the church was damaged by fire, and it must have been after
this accident that the internal range of columns in the circular part
was rebuilt in the style of our earlier Edwards.
Thus completed, the church was one of the largest in Scandinavia,
being 350 ft. long internally ; the choir 64, and the nave 84 ft. wide.
But its great merit lies more in its
details than in its dimensions.
bTothing can exceed the richness
with which the billet-moulding is
used in the great transept. Its
employment here is so vigorous and
so artistic, that it might almost be
suspected that this was its native
place, and that it was derived from
some wooden architecture usual in
this country before being translated
into stone.
The greatest glory of the place
is the tomb-house at the east end.
Externally this presents a bold
style of architecture resembling the
early English. 1 Internally it is a
clome 30 ft. in diameter, supported
on a range of columns disposed
octagonally, and all the details cor-
respond with those of the best
period of decorated architecture.
As will be observed from the plan
(Woodcut No. 780), the architect had considerable difficulty with all
these rebuildings to bring the old and new parts to fit well together,
and in consequence the walls are seldom straight or parallel with
one another, and, what is most unusual, the choir expands towards
the east. This is not, however, carried to such an extent as to be a
blemish, and with a double range of columns down the centre would
hardly be perceived, or if perceived, the effect would be rather pleasing
than otherwise.
780. Plan of Oathedral of Trondhjem.
Scale 100 ft. to 1 in.
1 Both in design and purpose this cir-
cular part of Trondhjem Cathedral is an
exact counterpart of Becket’s Crown at-
Canterbury. That was erected as a hap-
tistery and burial-place for the arch-
bishops, and seems to have been after-
wards incorporated in the cathedral, more
Francorum.
NORWAY.
317
seventy years the wholc of the eastern part of the cathedral was
rebuilt, the tomb-house or shrine being joinecl on to the apse of the
Lady Church, as was explained in speaking of the origin of the French
chevet (p. 73). In 1248 Archbishop Sigurd commenced the nave,
but whether it was ever completed or not is by no means certain.
In 1328 the church was damaged by fire, and it must have been after
this accident that the internal range of columns in the circular part
was rebuilt in the style of our earlier Edwards.
Thus completed, the church was one of the largest in Scandinavia,
being 350 ft. long internally ; the choir 64, and the nave 84 ft. wide.
But its great merit lies more in its
details than in its dimensions.
bTothing can exceed the richness
with which the billet-moulding is
used in the great transept. Its
employment here is so vigorous and
so artistic, that it might almost be
suspected that this was its native
place, and that it was derived from
some wooden architecture usual in
this country before being translated
into stone.
The greatest glory of the place
is the tomb-house at the east end.
Externally this presents a bold
style of architecture resembling the
early English. 1 Internally it is a
clome 30 ft. in diameter, supported
on a range of columns disposed
octagonally, and all the details cor-
respond with those of the best
period of decorated architecture.
As will be observed from the plan
(Woodcut No. 780), the architect had considerable difficulty with all
these rebuildings to bring the old and new parts to fit well together,
and in consequence the walls are seldom straight or parallel with
one another, and, what is most unusual, the choir expands towards
the east. This is not, however, carried to such an extent as to be a
blemish, and with a double range of columns down the centre would
hardly be perceived, or if perceived, the effect would be rather pleasing
than otherwise.
780. Plan of Oathedral of Trondhjem.
Scale 100 ft. to 1 in.
1 Both in design and purpose this cir-
cular part of Trondhjem Cathedral is an
exact counterpart of Becket’s Crown at-
Canterbury. That was erected as a hap-
tistery and burial-place for the arch-
bishops, and seems to have been after-
wards incorporated in the cathedral, more
Francorum.