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22 RIIEXISII ARCHITECTURE. Part II. Baltic do we find any churclies betraying that beauty of style or constructive ajjpropriateness which characterizes those of Cologne or the cities to the southward of that town.^ A good deal of the heaviness of the northern churches internally may no doubt l>e traced to the circumstance that the earlier examples depended almost wholly on color for their ornament, and the paint- ing having disappeared, the plain stone or plaster surfaces remain — their flatness being made only the more ])rominent by the whitewash that now covers them. Notwithstanding these defects, so many of Cliurch at Miiiden. Cathedral at Paderborn. Church at Soest. 471. From " Mitteralterliche Kuiist in Westphaleii," von W. LUtke. these churches remain in a state so nearly unaltered at the present day, that much information might be gleaned from a study of their peculiarities. The three examples, for instance, given in Woodcut No. 471, illustrate very completely the progress of German spire- growth. The first, that of Minden, is a very early example of the fa9ade screen so ])Opular throughout Germany in the Middle Ages, The centre example, from the cathedral at Paderborn, belonging to the middle of the 11th century, shows one of the earliest attempts at a spire-like roof to a tower, four gables being used instead of the two which were generally employed. The third illustration, from Soest, about A.D. 1200, shows the transition complete. The four gables are 1 The inhabitants of the artistic conn- 1 the Aryans who could not build have, as tries remain Catholics to the present day : | everywliere else, turned Protestants.