CATHEDRAL AT STRASBOURG

WIENER, Jacques: France, 1861, Bronze, 59 mm
Obv: View of exterior    CATHEDRALE DE STRASBOURG
Rev: View of interior
Exergue: LA 1E PIERRE POSEE 1015. TOUR ET PORTAIL COMMENCES EN 1276. TERMINEE 1439.
Signed: J. WIENER F. 1861
Ref: Van Hoydonck 185; Reinecke 45; Bouhy32; Ross M237; Weiss BW268

Strasbourg is a town in France two miles west of the Rhine. The old city contains the cathedral, or Munster built between the 11th to 15th centuries. Part of the crypt dates from 1015. The apse is Transitional in style whereas the nave, finished in 1275, is pure Gothic. The elaborate west facade has a screen of double tracery, numerous sculptures and two towers, the northern one having a tall spire. The cathedral has some fine stained glass, a sculptured pulpit and a famous astronomical cloak, containing some fragments of the original clock built in 1574 by the mathematician, Conrad Dasypodius.

Architectural Drawing

View of cathedral in 1493

Astronomical Clock

Pulpit

Stained Glass Rose Window

Emperor Windows

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