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Rh Bk. V. Ch. I. DENMARK. 105 each bay of the nave.' This arrangement is almost universal in the North of Germany, but seldom, if ever, found in France or England. At Aarhuus, is a somewhat similar church, commenced about the year 1200, but rather larger, being 300 ft. in length by 80 in breadth. In its present state, however, it is only a very ugly and uninteresting brick building in an indifferent state of rej^air. The Frue Kirche, in the same town, is a far more pleasing specimen of art, and is a fine example of the style prevalent on the southern shores of the Baltic, from which province the design is evidently borrowed. Like every specimen of honest art, it is pleasing; but neither its form nor arrangement will bear any very close analysis. 548. Frue Kircbe, Aarhuus. (From Marryaf s " Jutland and the Danish Isles.") The cathedral at Ribe, on the northern limits of Schleswig, has an apse something like that of Lund Cathedral, but of slightly more modern date, and wanting the gallery under the roof. Still it is only a bad copy in brick of what is so frequently found on the Rhine in stone. Sometimes, however, we do get a touch of originality even in this province, as in the church of Kallundborg (Woodcut No. 549), built in the form of a cross, with one square tower in the centre, and four octagonal towers, one at the end of eacli of the arms of the cross transept. Was it a caprice ? or is it borrowed from any other form ? Except in the Kremlin at Moscow, I do not know where to look for 1 The plan and elevation are taken from a description of the church by Steen Friis, published at Copenhagen, 18.51. In both cuts the modern addi- tions are omitted.