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16 16 RHENISH ARCHITECTURE. Part II. from age, that it required to be almost entirely rebuilt. He first encased the pillars of the Romans in masonry, making them into piers. He then took in and roofed over the atrium, and added an apse at the western end, thus converting it into a German church of the approved model, so that from this time forward the buildings took the form shown in the Woodcut No. 461. No very impoi-tant works seem to have been undertaken from the beginning of the 11th till the middle of the 12th century, when Bishop Hillin is said to have undertaken the repair or rebuilding of the eastern apse : he did not proceed beyond the foundation ; but the work was taken up and completed by Bishop John, who lield the see from 1190 to 1212. These two apses, therefore, one an example of the beginning of the German round-arched style, the other representing the same near its close, show clearly the progress which had been made in the interval. The first of these apses (Woodcut No. 426) is perhaps somewhat ruder than we might reasonably expect, though this may in part be accounted for by its remote provincial situation. The round towers too are subordinate to the square ones, in a manner more congenial to French than to German tast^. But the principal defect is in the apsidal gallery, which is rude and tasteless as compared with other 461. Internal View of the Church at Hildes- heim. (From MoUer.) 465. Plan of Church at Hildesheim. (From MoUer, continued by Gladbach.) Scale 100 ft. to 1 in.