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Historia zamku w Malborku: Marienburg Castle, by Edward Theodore Compton, 1912

Marienburg Castle. Painted by Edward Theodore Compton, 1912Identifier: germanypainted00dick (find matches)Title: Germany;Year: 1912 (1910s)Authors: Dickie, James F., 1848- Compton, Edward Theodore, ill Compton, E. Harrison (Edward Harrison), illSubjects: Germany -- Description and travelPublisher: London : A. & C. BlackContributing Library: University of California LibrariesDigitizing Sponsor: MSNView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:alittle gateway, which rendered it a safe place forthe children. In the morning the merchant satthere smoking his long pipe. At eventide thewhole family life, whenever weather permitted,transacted itself on these Beschlags in the open,where neighbour could greet neighbour. It is tobe regretted that in this utilitarian age so many ofthese stone verandahs have been removed. We cross the long bridge, look on the greatwarehouses, and note the ships at their wharves, aswe turn to the finest of all the gates that remain—the Hohe Thor or High Gate. Connected withthis gate is the Stockthurm, a massive tower erectedin the days when the Teutonic knights weredominant. It was used as a prison, and has aterrible torture-chamber. Now it has become theproperty of the Art Association. At the end of the long lane we find theTown Hall, with a magnificent fa9ade, a splendiddouble stairway, and a tower 250 feet high. Theinterior has many historic paintings, and volumes MARIENBURG CASTLE SUMMERREFECTORYText Appearing After Image:ON THE SHORES OF THE BALTIC 207 might be written on the art treasures it contains.Close beside it is the Artushof, a fifteenth-centurybuilding, which served the rich merchants andpatricians as their meeting-place. It has nowbecome the Stock Exchange. On its walls hangs aterrible picture of The Last Judgment, beneathwhich this warning word stares the merchant inthe face: Perjury, false weights and measuresPave the broad way to hell.Bankruptcy with hidden goodsLeads there as well. The Frauen Gasse, or the Street of Our Lady, haspreserved more of its mediaeval aspect than anyother. At the end of the street St. Marys Church,or Fat Mary, as the common appellation is, standsbefore us. It is the largest Protestant churchin the world, with accommodation for 25,000worshippers. The interior of the Church with itsthree splendid aisles and its thirty side chapels makesa mighty impression. It is a museum of mediaevalart. Its wonderful carved work came from thehands of Michael of Augsburg, a pupilNote About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.

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