THE STRASSBURG CATHEDRAL 



The facade the most admired part of the structure, presents a singularly happy union 

 of the northern France and the German styles of cathedral architecture. The large rose 

 window seenTn the pkture is 42 feet in diameter. A large astronomical clock m the transep 

 Ta matter o wonderment to t^ beholder. An angel strikes a bell for the quarter-hours; 

 a -eZs reverses his hour-glass every hour; a symbolic deity steps out of his niche each 

 dafAoollo on Sunday, Diana on Monday, and so on; each day at noon the Twelye Apostles 

 mar^harounrthe figure of the Saviour, while in the morning a cock on the highest pinnacle 

 •Sretches his neck, flaps his wings, and crows. The present building was begun in 1179. 



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