St. Maria Lyskirchen, Cologne

St. Maria Lyskirchen

St. Maria Lyskirchen is one of twelve Romanesque churches in Cologne, Germany.

History

St. Maria Lyskirchen is the smallest of the twelve Romanesque churches in Cologne.[1] It was founded in 948, and the present building dates from 1210–20, with some later additions in the Gothic style.[2] The upper parts of the west front were rebuilt in the 19th century.[3] The church is in the form of a three-aisled basilica, with a chancel flanked by two towers, only one of which was constructed to its full height, and an eastern apse.[3] The building received only minor damage during the wars.[1]

The church has a sculptured Romanesque portal,[4] and a cycle of 13th century ceiling paintings. Rediscovered in the 19th century, they are unique in Cologne and show stories from the Old and New Testaments.[2] The church contains the "Schiffermadonna" (Seaman's Madonna), a wooden statue of 1420.[5] A triptych by Joos van Cleve, with a central panel of the Lamentation, was sold in 1812; a few years later it was replaced with a copy by Benedikt Beckenkamp, which remains in the church.[6]

The interior 
The painted ceiling 
The Seaman's Madonna 

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Captured places, (15-08-2012)
  2. 1 2 St. Maria Lyskirchen (accessed 15-08-2012)
  3. 1 2 Ornamenta Ecclesiae (Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Joseph-Haubrich-Kunsthalle). 2. Cologne: Stadt Köln. 1985. pp. 106–7.
  4. ↑ Sacred Destinations (accessed 16-08-2012)
  5. ↑ Holiday Check, (accessed 15-08-2012)
  6. ↑ "Triptychon". Romanesque Churches, Köln. Retrieved 12 June 2014.

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