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BERLIN.
Cathedral.
The Vestibule on the Lustgarten side is two stories high and
262 ft. long. The chief entrance in the centre is high and vaulted;
over the arch are two bronze angels holding a shield. The piers on
both sides of the entrance are adorned with bronze reliefs (to the
right, Luther translating the Bible, by Goetz; to the left, Luther at
Worms, by Janensch); above them are bronze statues of SS. Luke
and John (right) and SS. Matthew and Mark (left). On the impost
to the right and left are bronze figures of Mercy and Truth, modelled
by Widemann. On the attic are two head-pieces ending in crowns
and a centre-piece containing a figure of Christ by Schaper in cop¬
per, 17 ft. in height. The domed towers at the corners, each 262 ft.
high, contain the bells. On the entablature are ten Apostles by
Manzel, Bruit, Buumbuch, Herter, Calandrelli, and Pfann-
schmidt. — The Central Dome is octagonal in shape and measures
125 ft. in external and 102 ft. in internal diameter. The richly orna¬
mented drum is surmounted by eight figures of angelic musicians,
17 ft. in height, by Schott. — The side towards the Spree, with
two vestibules adjoining the apse, ends in two smaller towers with
cupolas, beneath which, in niches, are two carved angels taken from
the old cathedral. Above, next the apse, are figures of Moses, by
Janensch, and John the Baptist, by Vogel.
The Interior (adm., see p. 36) of the cathedral is tripartite. The Church
Proper, to which the main entrance admits, is surmounted by the dome.
The vaulting is adorned with mosaic representations of the Eight Beati¬
tudes, after A. von Werner; the four spandrels with decorative carvings
from the history of the Apostles, by 0, Lessiny. Eight colossal statues
surround the base of the drum: Luther and Melanchthon (by Pfannschmidt),
Zwingli (by Janensch), Calvin (by Calandrelli), Frederick the Wise (by
K. Begas), Joachim II. (by Magnussen), Philip the Magnanimous (by
Schott), and Albert of Prussia (by Baumbach). The body of the church
is in the form of an irregular octagon, and has seats for 1960 worshippers.
In the semicircular niches on the shorter sides are the pulpit and galleries.
On the longer sides are galleries for the court (W.), the ministers (S.),
and the organ and choir (N.). On the E. is the semicircular apse, with
dark-red marble columns, sumptuously fitted up with sculpture and gild¬
ing, and lighted by beautiful stained-glass windows. — To the S. lies the
Wedding and Baptismal Church (not accessible), 59 ft. long and 30 ft.
wide; it is roofed with barrel-vaulting and is adorned with sculptures
on the exterior by 0. Lessing. — To the N. is the Memorial Church,
115 ft. in length and breadth. The pentagonal central space is surrounded
by small chapels, to contain various monuments. Among these are a mo¬
nument of Bismarck by R. Begas, the bronze monument of Elector John
Cicero (d. 1499), by Peter Vischer and his son, finished in 1530, with
two representations of the deceased (see p. 151); the zinc state coffins of
the Great Elector (d. 1688) and his consort Dorothea (d. 1689), of King
Frederick I. (d. 1713) and his consort Sophia Charlotte (d. 1705), the last
two from designs by Schliiter; and the marble sarcophagus of Emp. Fre¬
derick III., by R. Begas (comp. p. 193). — A staircase on the E. side
(with a Descent from the Cross by M. Lock) leads from the Memorial
Church down to the Hohenzollern Burial Vault (not accessible), ex¬
tending beneath the whole cathedral andcontaining) 87 coffins of members
of the reigning family.
Between the Cathedral and the 'Schloss-Apotheke', a side-build¬
ing of the palace (see p. 65) the Kaiser-Willielm-Briicke (1886-89)