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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Historical Sketch of the Cathedral of Strasburg, by Anonymous This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Historical Sketch of the Cathedral of Strasburg Author: Anonymous Release Date: October 12, 2007 [eBook #22990] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE CATHEDRAL OF STRASBURG*** E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Suzan Flanagan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 22990-h.htm or 22990-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/2/9/9/22990/22990-h/22990-h.htm) o9 (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/2/9/1/22990/22990-h.zip) Transcriber's notes: This booklet appears to end abruptly, but there is no evidence of any missing pages in the original copy. The "oe" and "OE" ligatures are represented as "[oe]" and "[OE]" respectively. Superscripted text is not displayed as such in the text version. Superscripts are displayed in the HTML version. On page 20, a cross symbol, which indicates year of death, is represented as {+}. A list of corrections will be found at the end of the e-text. The Cathedral of Strasburg [Illustration] Strasburg A. Vix & Cie Publishers [Illustration: Death of the Virgin Maria.] HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE CATHEDRAL OF STRASBURG Twenty fourth Edition Strasburg Published by A. Vix & Cie 31, Place de la Cathedrale 1922. [Illustration: The interior of the Cathedral.] [Illustration] I. HISTORY Among the wonderful monuments to which the religious art of the middle ages has given rise and which will for ever excite the admiration of men, the church of _Notre-Dame_ or Cathedral of Strasburg occupies one of the first ranks. By its dimensions, the richness of the ornaments and figures that adorn its exterior, by the majesty of its nave, and by its light steeple, which towers towards Heaven with as much grace as boldness
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