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发表于 2009-11-27 06:41
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The reason for building two chancels is not entirely clear. Whatever the original intent of the double chancel, the eastern chancel came to serve as the location for the mass and the western chancel was reserved for the bishop and pontiffs. In most cathedrals at the time, the main chancel lay on the east side. Willigis, however, designed his cathedral with the main chancel on the west, presumably modeled after the great cathedrals in Rome, which were constructed this way. (Willigis' design bore a striking resemblance to Old St. Peter's Basilica.).
In 1081, fire once again struck the cathedral, and in 1100, Henry IV ordered reconstruction in the old Lombardic style. The old flat chancel end on the east side was replaced with a large apse. The new chancel had a triple-nave crypt. The damaged square tower had been replaced with an octagonal dome, above which an octagonal tower was added later. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainz_Cathedral) |
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