Ms. Codex 1233 is a pretty amazing manuscript. Originally written in the early-to-mid 15th century, it was used continuously through the end of the 18th century. Written in Cologne and probably used by the canons in the Cologne Cathedral, this notated breviary (a liturgical book containing the canonical hours - daily prayers - with musical notation) includes notes and additions made up to 1794. It also includes splatters of candle wax and one page that got a little too close to a candle!
Cologne Cathedral, Germany: Cologne Cathedral is a cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia belonging to the Catholic Church. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. Wikipedia
It is also nice to see that each era has its own architecture but everything can harmonise, even if evil tongues in cologne doubt this again and again and would like to eliminate some era by demolition only to replace it with faceless.
Cologne Cathedral, Cologne, Germany: Cologne Cathedral is a cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia belonging to the Catholic Church. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. Wikipedia
With a couple of exceptions Gerhard Richter really began making his overpainted photographs in 1989. He developed various gestures, pressing the 4x6 in. prints against his messy squeegee, into each other, and sometimes splattering them with paint. Then he'd give them away. This one, of Cologne Cathedral with an aurora borealis of squeegee paint, is dated 1.8.1989 [which is August 1, btw, not January 8], and is selling at Phillips in Nov. 2023.
On this day, August 15 in 1248, the foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, was laid. Construction continued through the Middle Ages and Renaissance but was halted around 1560 and left unfinished. Construction was revived again in the early 19th century and the cathedral was finally completed according to its original plan in 1880.
Today, Cologne Cathedral is Germany's most visited landmark, attracting an average of 20,000 people a day. At 515 ft., the cathedral is the tallest twin-spired church in the world, the second tallest church in Europe after Ulm Minster, and the third tallest church of any kind in the world. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 1996.
The images shown here are from our 1938 copy of Der Dom zu Köln by the noted German architectural historian Paul Clemen, and published in Dusseldorf by Verlag Schwann.