Nuremberg and its art to the end of the 18th century (1905)
Rée, Paul Johannes, b. 1858, Palmer, George Henry, 1871- · London, H. Grevel & Co.; New York, C. Scribner's Sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 173
rd-ing to the Latin inscrip-tion underneath, has thispeculiarity, that it wasnever a calf (fig. 116). In1588, there was built, inrusticated masonry, flankedby two strong round towers, the gateway of the Arsenal. On its south siderose, soon afterwards, the polygonal staircase-tower, that once… … Fig. 116. Gateway to the Abattoir.Photograph by F. Schmidt. THE FLEISCHBRiJCKE. 163 16* centur>^ It was built in 1596—1598 and crosses the stream with a single,finely-curved, flat arch (fig. 117), after the pattern of the Rialto bridge erectedat Venice about 10 years earlier. Jacob Wolff the…
Art -- Germany Nuremberg · Nuremberg (Germany) -- Description and travel
Internet Archive · California Digital Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
