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...Cambridge. The first of these, from the Swiss National Museum at Zurich, is the figure of a Swiss Warrior of the sixteenth century from a fountain at Schaffhausen, and is the first installment of the gift of the Swiss government; the second is a plaster cast of the Tomb of Henry the Lion and his wife at Braunschweig, probably the finest sepulchral monument of the twelfth century, and is the gift of Mr. Arthur P. Schmidt, of Boston...
...were in a large cellar which was absolutely closed. The explosive blast which followed the ignition of gases by lightning killed every one where there was open circulation of air, while the men in the cellar escaped entirely unhurt. From these and similar cases, Dr. Jaggar concludes that closed tomb-like places built of masonry present the safest refuge...
...German works of art which Professor Francke, during his trip in Europe, bought for the Germanic Museum, are now arriving at Cambridge in successive shipments. The collection includes copies of the Bernward Column from Hildesheim Cathedral, the Choir Screen of St.Michael's at Hildesheim, various figures from the tomb of Emperor Maximilian at luns-bruck, the Statue of Emperor Henry II in Bamberg Cathedral, and other reproductions from works of German mediaeval and renaissance art. The collection will occupy the entire side aisle of the museum...
...subjects of the views are as follows: The cathedral at Hildesheim; the church of the Virgin at Thries; three views of the golden doors at Freiburg; six of the cathedral at Naumberg; five views of German benefactors; minster at Strassburg; the Jewish church; minster at Uln; the bronze tomb at Nurnberg; three views of the arsenal at Berlin; statue of Frederick the Great...
...Golden Gate of the cathedral at Freiberg, which is a famous model of portal sculpture belonging to the first half of the thirteenth century. Among the most interesting of the other objects, are the nine statues, of heroic size, of the founders of the cathedral at Naumburg; and the tomb of St. Sebaldus, the most famous work of Peter Fischer, the Nuremberg worker in bronze. The work best known to the public is probably the colossal bronze statue of the Great Elector, at Berlin...