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of Ulm Cathedral). The dials of the clock on the tower, dating from
4708, are 44 ft. in diameter. The church was almost entirely erected
with money paid by the pilgrims who flocked hither in the 14th and
{5th centuries to obtain the indulgences issued by Pope Nicholas V
A thorough restoration of the whole building, begun in 1896, is now
approaching completion.

The Interior (closed from 12 to 2.30 and after 5.30 p.m.; sacristan at
Sous Ja Tour 8, on the W. side of th e church) has an area of 4650 sq.
BSD Cr EL is 3 398 ft.; the nave is 90 ft. high and 40 ft. wide. — Nave.
) represents the Conversion of St. N
7 W omen at the foot of the Cross, at the s
ent. By the pillars are statues of the Apostles (1774). —
uisle, ist chapel: Mo: ume nt in marb] e to Archbishop Méan (d. 1834),
by L. Jehotte. indiffere otly- painted scenes
from the his 155 Flemish school of the 15-16th
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nd is worthy Bee the most careful inspection. The co
position is e and sk ilfully arranged, and the gradations of grief,
rom the profound to the ionate sorrow of
Magd ale are rticularly el expressed. — In ‘the N. (1 .) tra
Adoration of the She pherds. — The large modern stained-

by J. F. and L, Pluys of Malines, commemorate the promul-

gation of the dogma of the I te Conception of the Virgin (
The Corr contai oe in the Gothic style, by W. Goyers,

a baroque altar, by L. Faidherbe (4665), and four monuments of arch-
i 10p8 of the 17th aa 18th centur _ In the ambulatory are a number

s, chiefly by Herre i ighe Lens, and other painters
par of the 19th century, nting scenes from the life
In the 4st and 7th Beta are the arms of the knights
e, who held a chapter here in 4491.

‘the r of St. Rombold rival thocze of the Belfry of
sst and most complete in Belgium; they play on
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To the N. of the cathedral the Rue Ste. Catherine (Ste. Cathe-
lyne-Straat) leads to the Gothic Church of St. Catharine (P1. B, 2),
built in 1336-42.

A little to the W., at the end of the Rue de Moreels, lies the

Ecuiszs pu Granp BécurnacsE (Pl. 1; A, B, 2), a baroque structure
by Jacques Francquart (1629-47).
NTERIOR © one ains numerous paintings by G. de Crayer, Jan Cossiers,
L. Fran Th. Boeyermans, and others. — On either side of the entrance,
above the elaborate confe pionals at the ends of the aisles, are figures of
Christ and the Mater Dolorosa by ZL. Faid’herbe, the lat ter of which i3
said to have excited the profound admiration of his master, Rubens, — In
the sacristy an ivory craci We ft. high, by Jéréme Duquesnoy.

From the bridge at the N.E. end of the Marché-aux-Laines, at
the beginning of the Rue Stassart, we obtain a glimpse (to the left)
of the Refuge de St. Trond (Pl. 12 J. B, 2), a picturesque building of
the end of the 16th cent., formerly belonging to the abbey mentioned
at p. 238. It is now the Cercle Militaire. — To the right the Rue
St. Jean leads to the church of —

r. Jean or St. Jans (Pl. O, 2), built in 1454-83, which is closed
after 40 a.m. (sacristan, Rue St. Jean 14; 1/2 fr.). This church