Word: bernward
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...feet on Divinity avenue and Frisble place. The main entrance is from Kirkland street, opening into a lower vestibule, with office-rooms on each side. Beyond a small rotunda is the Romanesque Hall, about 70 feet long, which will contain, among other valuable parts of the collection, the collosal Bernward Column. From the farther end of the Romanesque Hall an entrance leads into the Gothic Hall...
...system of pillars supporting the vaulted ceiling of this hall, alcoves are formed on both of its sides, increasing its wall space and giving ample opportunity for placing properly the many specimens of early mediaeval art in our possession. This hall will contain, among other notable works, the colossal Bernward Column and the bronze gates of Hildesheim Cathedral, the bronze gates of Augsburg Cathedral, the pulpit and the Crucifixion group of Wechselburg, the choir screen of St. Michael's at Hildesheim, the Bamberg sculptures, the smaller portal of the Church of Our Lady at Treves. At its further end, raised...
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