celebrated preacher Geiler of Kaysersberg. This work of
sculpture, remarkably delicate, is adorned with nearly fifty
little statues, the meaning of which is easy to understand. The
canopy is of a modern style, and was made in 1824 to replace a
more ancient one, perhaps the first erected in 1617, which has
been handed down to us as a most simple piece of workmanship, and
made of lime-wood. At the foot of the stairs are two figures, a
man in the posture of rest and a woman praying; we may justly
suppose that they are meant for the maker of the pulpit and his
wife.

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The chancel is joined to the nave by two pillars of very large
dimensions and whose tops belong to one of the constructions
anterior to the gothic order. The magnificent lobby built by
Erwin of Steinbach was taken down to make room for the taste
prevailing in the seventeenth century; it was demolished in 1682.
Two high and circular columns support the cupola of the chancel
and separate it from its two aisles; in the centre of each of the
latter stand also columns to sustain the arch-roofs; that of the
northern part is round, whilst the column of the southern aisle
is composed of a collection of very slender pillars, probably of
a later construction; this long, thin and gracious column bears
in its corners some statues, the fineness and gracefulness of
which recall to mind the work of Sabina of Steinbach. Beneath are
the four Evangelists; above four angels holding trumpets, and
uppermost the Saviour and three angels with the implements of the
Saviour's passion in their hands; it is called the angel's column
or Erwin's column. On the large pillar which unites the nave to
the chancel, are two inscriptions in commemoration of the famous
preacher Geiler of Kaysersberg who, for many years, displayed his
eloquence from the pulpit of the Cathedral. In this same aisle is
erected the statue of bishop Wernher, meditating the design of
the church laid before him. Opposite this statue, the work of Mr.
Friderich, is the celebrated.

Astronomical Clock.

As early as 1352 an astronomical clock was begun under bishop
Berthold of Bucheck, and finished two years after by an unknown
artist, in the time of John of Lichtenberg. It was fixed to the
wall facing the present one. The frame-work of that first clock
was all of wood; the stones that formed its basis are to this day
seen projecting from the wall. It was divided into three parts;
the lower part cont