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| Title | The story of Nuremberg |
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| Publisher | J. M. Dent & Co. |
| Date | 1899 |
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| Language | English |
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| Original Item Extent | 303 pages; 18 cm |
| Original Item Location | DD901.N93 H4 1899 |
| Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b1684865~S11 |
| Digital Collection | Exotic Impressions: Views of Foreign Lands |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/exotic |
| Repository | Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/william-r-jenkins-architecture-art-library |
| Use and Reproduction | No Copyright - United States |
| Identifier | exotic_201304_001 |
| Title | Page 158 |
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| File Name | exotic_201304_001_165.jpg |
| Transcript | The Story of Nuremberg worthies, some pompous allegorical paintings h. Juvenell ( i 57^- 1643)* In the Rathaus as in the Castle and Museum some very line specimens of old German stoves are to be seen* The stucco-relief on the ceiling of the corridor on this floor we have already mentioned more than once.1 The Municipal Art Gallery (gratuity) on the third floor contains an interesting collection of paintin; deal with the history of Nuremberg. The most remarkable historically is the Banquet held in the Rathaus on the occasion of the 1' Westphalia (1649), by Joachim von Sandrart (1606-1688). the forty-seven figures at the table in this piece are portraits from life. The power over life and death was gi\< have said, to the Council along with the other rights of the Schuldheiss in 1459 by Frederick III. then the Emperor had reserved to himself the Wt to any individual he chose this right, M Ban liber das Blut in der Stadt zu richten." It was an evil thing now to fall into the hands of the Council. Prisoners even during their detention before trial were made to suffer more severely than the worst modern convicts. The accused were put into the Loch, the hole which formed a part of the cellar of the old Rathaus, where there are twelve underground cells, each about two yards square, and two yards high. Entering the Rathaus by the portal nearest to the Schoner Brunnen we turn to the right, ascend a of steps and ring the bell for the Hausm .0 will guide us with lanterns to those gloom v which 1 Note, pp. 69, 152. I he fee for showing the dnBgeoOl Slid tl is a matter loi SfTsngennBl before itart 158 j |