Regensburg: City of Romans, Dukes, and Bishops

New construction of a Gothic cathedral

Master »Ludwig«, the so-called »Erminoldmeister«

Mason’s marks

Gabriel and Mary – the oldest sculptures on the workbench

The stained glass: light and colour as carriers of meaning

Gabriel and Mary – the original placement in the inner choir

The former choir screen between the nave and the inner choir

Colourful sculptures as living building blocks of the cathedral

The temporary main entrance in the southern transept

Delayed construction progress and construction of the temporary west façade

The main entrance and the west façade

Gabriel and Mary – New neighbours in the inner choir

The overall colour scheme of the cathedral in the late Middle Ages

Abandonment of construction of the west façade

Restyling of the interior around 1620/30 – The golden yellow cathedral

New colours for the sculptures

Conservation of the external structures

Restyling of the interior in Late Baroque (around 1700) – The olive grey cathedral

Reduction of the sculptures’ colourfulness

Gabriel and Mary in new festive garments

The cathedral in the early 19th century – return to the Gothic style

Recovery of Gothic elements in the church interior

The dream project: completion of the towers

Gabriel and Mary have to move

The “completed” cathedral: a perennial con- struction site – the ravages of time afflict the sandstone

Re-establishment of the cathedral workshop

Gabriel and Mary return to the Romanesque cathedral

A makeshift material: concrete

Construction of a bishop’s gravesite and resto- ration of the church interior

New stained glass pictures for the cathedral

The ravages of time afflict the limestone: com- prehensive external cleaning

The ravages of time afflict the concrete

Creation of a sacrament chapel in the south choir

A new cathedral organ

The main entrance is restored

The cathedral workshop

Photo credits/Bibliographical references

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