Showing posts with label Cologne (Germany). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cologne (Germany). Show all posts

08 January 2021

what city is that?

 John introduced us to the Pratt Institute Libraries Flickr album of bookplates. This image caught my eye:

[from Flickr metadata]
Artist: Ehringhausen, Willy
Description: States, 'Johanna Hoffschulte;' depicts a cityscape
with a cathedral and is surrounded by a border
made of roses. Signed at bottom center 'WE.'
[with tag "German"]

Well, of course, I'm curious to figure out what city. It looked like Cologne Cathedral and another medieval church tower with a distinctive shape. Yup. That's it. The church on the left is Great St Martin, with foundations dating to 960 CE and with a central tower dating to 1150-1250. The cathedral was just getting started in the mid 13th century.