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Most of the monuments take the form of portraits, 

 chiefly with ruffs round the neck, and many of them 

 well painted. There are some pictures of the old 

 German school also, and an interesting medley of 

 ornaments disposed about a kind of ecclesiastical 

 trinkets. There is a quaint clock set on an inner rood- 

 screen of carved wood with coloured figures, of which 

 those above the clock strike the hours. Death turns his 

 hour-glass upside down, strikes on the bell the number 

 of the hour, and shakes his head. Life, a figure in 

 green, strikes the half-hours and the warning before 

 the hours. The face in the centre rolls its eyes at every 

 tick. These old mechanical clocks are among the few 

 things belonging to the towns that Linnaeus remarks in 

 his diary. The clock in St. Mary's sumptuous church 

 is still more elaborate than this, and the market-people 

 crowd in to see the procession of figures as the clock 

 strikes twelve at noon. The wealthy burghers of Liibeck 

 meant to outdo the cathedral by building a finer church, 

 with finer monuments of themselves. St. Mary's Church 

 is bewilderingly rich in monuments in gold and colour, 

 and Renaissance ornaments. The whole church seems 

 a co-operative monument of family pride. 



The market-place on market morning ranks high 

 among the sights of Ltibeck. The square and the 

 surrounding colonnades are all crowded. The market- 

 women wear straw hats tilted like bonnets, set on hind 

 part before, with a broad ribbon of bright colour hanging 

 behind in a loop. The hat fits over the little sausage- 



