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92 ARCHITECTURE OF NORTHERN GERMANY. Part II. central aisle is 130 ft. high ; the side-aisles only half as much. This allows space for a very splendid clerestory, which, if filled with stained glass, would redeem the flatness of the mouldings and the general j^overty of the architecture of the interior. The churcli of St. Catherine is smaller than either of these, though of about the same age as that last mentioned, and of as good a design. It ])0ssesses the somewhat carious peculiarity of having a double choir, one above the other, like that of St. Gereon at Cologne (Wood- ess. View of Cliurcli <>t St. :Iary, I.ubeck. (From Schliisser and Tischbeiii.) cut No. 505), but more complete and extensive than in that example. The whole of the lower choir is vaulted over, and a second, at a height of 20 ft., forms an upper choir over its wliole extent. There are several smaller churches in Lubeck, none of which show any peculiarities not found in the larger. The same faults Mdiich characterize the interior of these churches are also found in the exterior. The Maria Kirche (Woodcut No. 5.S5) is the best of them in this res])eet, but though its outline is good, it is far from being a