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of Denmark, who took the town by storm in 1361. 

 The cathedral was originally founded in 1100, burnt 

 down in 1175, and rebuilt as we now find it about 

 1225.' This church is partially Romanesque, and vaulted 

 with pointed arches, and chimney-pipes up in the vault- 

 ing also with black wooden towers of Renaissance 

 outline. The stone lychgate is also of the Renaissance. 



Helge Ands l Church, Wisby, founded originally in 

 1046, is a double or two-storeyed church. It has a 

 sort of crypt, above which is the main church. Both 

 storeys are round-arched. The typical example of 

 churches of this two-storeyed class is St. Gereon's, 

 Cologne. St. Nikolaus, the largest church in Wisby, is 

 in the Pointed style, with apsular end and lancet win- 

 dows. St. Katarine's Church has also pointed arches. 



'The most striking peculiarity of the Gothland 

 churches is the constant appearance of the pointed 

 arch at a date earlier than we find it as a decorative 

 feature in other parts of Europe. It is by no means 

 improbable that, in a city where coins of the Khali fs 

 are constantly found, the pointed arch may have been 

 introduced from the East at an earlier date than the 

 Crusades, which seem to have suggested its employ- 

 ment in France.' 2 



The cathedral service was nearly over. The church 



was full. Luther's hymn was being sung by the sitting 



congregation, the men with their hats off. ' Of course,' 



will be said ; but I had been on several previous Sundays 



1 Holy Ghost. 2 Fergusson. 



