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Crumbling Trinity. Not a century old, the Gothic stone structure of Trinity Church, the third on its site on Broadway at the head of Wall Street,† is crumbling in the excessively eroding climate of Manhattan. Workmen this week are charting the weakened spots in the walls; later will have to reinforce the plaster and lath the ceiling with wire...
...pews and galleries of a Dutch church in thrifty eastern Pennsylvania, a group of disciples harkened steadfastly - not disciples of steel nor of any god, but of Johann Sebastian Bach, musician immortal. Musingly reminiscent of medieval Leipzic with Bach playing out his enrapturing arias to the misty Gothic arches of some dim cathedral, sadly reminiscent of the early years of sparse recognition, analogously reminiscent of later days, when devotees trekked across long roads to hear their master's playing, painfully reminiscent when modern renditions betrayed the ancient, were the 1200 who assembled in Bethlehem to attend the annual Bach...
Among recent additions to the Germanic Museum are two fine monuments dating from the thirteenth century and illustrating the transition from the Romanesque to the Gothic period. The monuments which have been added to the group of similar status already in the Museum, are the figures of Abraham and Melchisedec from the Transept of the former Augustinian Church of Wechselburg in Saxony. Both of these figures, mediaeval symbols of secular and ecclesiastical authority, are remarkable examples of human characterization. Abraham is represented as wielding the sword against the hostile powers of the world, while Melchisedec is shown carrying...
Predominating in this new structure of Gothic architecture will be the large Book Tower, 192 feet tall and 85 feet square. The massiveness of the tower will be relieved by slender lancet windows medieval ornament and allegorical sculpture. In front of the Book Tower will be the entrance tower, slightly less than half as tall and wide. The entrance will have the shape of a tall carved arch with ornamental iron gates. The beauty of the smaller arch will be greatly enhanced by numerous exquisite stained glass windows...
...monuments illustrating the transition from the Romanesque period to the Gothic have been given to the Germanic Museum by German American friends of the museum in New York and other cities. These statues worthily complete the museum's exhibition of thirteenth century Saxon sculpture...