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Rh Bk. IV. Ch. VI. CIRCULAR CHURCHES. 81 CHAPTER VI. CONTENTS. Circular Churches — Church Furniture — Civil Architecture. Circular Churches. I N adopting the pointed style, the Germans almost wholly abandoned their old favorite circular form ; the Liebfrauen Church at Treves (Woodcut No. 460) being almost the only really important example of a church in this style approaching to a rotunda. Chapter-houses are as rare in Germany as in France, and those that are found are not generally circular in either coun- try. There is a baptistery attached to the cathedral at Meissen, and one or two other insignificant ex- amples elsewhere ; but the most pler.sing object of this class is the Anna Cliapel, attached to the principal church at Heiligenstadt. It is said that it always was dedicated to the sainted mother of the Virgin, but it would require more than tradition to prove that it was not originally designed as a baptistery or a tomb-house. Be this as it may, it is one of the most pleasing specimens of its class anywhere to be found, and so elegant as to make us res^ret the rarity of such structures. 526. Anna Chapel at HeUigenstadt. (From Puttrich. " iJenkniiiler.") Church Furniture. The churches of Germany are not generally rich in architectural furniture. Few rood-lofts are found spanning from pillar to pillar of the choir like that at the Madelaine of Troyes (Woodcut No. 435) ; VOL. IL — 6