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54 54 POINTED STYLE IN GERMANY. Part II. i the features of the old Gei-inan style, and though pointed arches are introduced, and even tracery to a limited extent, it is still very far removed from being what can be considered an example of the new style 505. Section of St. Gereon, Cologne. (From Boisseree, *' Nieder Khein.") Scale 50 ft. to 1 in. 506. Plan of St. Gereon, Cologne. (From Boisseree.) Scale 50 ft. to 1 in. More advanced than either of these is the choir of the cathedral of Magdeburg, said to have been commenced in 1208, and dedicated in 1254. This was built, as before mentioned, to supply the place of the old circular sepulchral church of Otho and his English queen Edith. Hence it naturally took the French chevet form, of which it is,