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A FASCINATING VISIT
Walk along the main alley and contemplate:
The nave
56 feet/17meters high - 33 feet/10meters high in the side aisles
The Lorraine gothic architecture of the 14th
century is characterized by:
- The shape of the rib vaults
- Columnettes (small colums) on which the vaults rest
- The capitals’ abacuses of the large cylindrical pillars, which hold up the columnettes
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Go to the chancel :
You will notice there is no transept.
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Have a look at:
The columnette capitals
on which are built the triumphal arch ribs. You can see characters and animals hidden under leaves.
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Keystones: (please refer to the map and pictures below)
1.
Circular keystone with no pattern
2. Keystone of the chancel arch. At the center of the keystone, Jesus Christ on the Cross between the abbot of Bouzonville and a monk.
A message that reminds the 1345 rebuilding is written around the keystone. On the other side, a shield with the arms of
Gutzon from Wyskirch.
3. Plain keystone
4. Keystone with Lamb of God carrying the Resurrection banner. Caption around it.
5. Crest with three Moor’s heads; it is the coat of arms of Arnaud Wisse from Gerbéviller. Wisse
was abbot from 1457 to 1481.
6. Stylized rose
7. + 8. Faded shield
9. Christogram: JHS
10. Shield turned upside down: PAX 1691
11. Plain shield – 1691
12. Shield with non-visible pattern
13. Ring-shaped keystone
14. Time-worn shield with the arms of Gérard from Esch (like number 16)
15. Lamb of God depicted with a halo above its head; no caption
16. Shield with the arms of Gérard from Esch, the abbot of Bouzonville from 1385 to 1413.
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