Sculpture of the Eomanesque Period. 229 certain Master Luitfrecht, which have been variously interpreted. To the middle of the thirteenth century belong many of the finest portals of the cathedrals of Germany. The golden gate of the Cathedral of Freiburg in the Erzge- birge deserves special mention, as it is an instance of Fig. 96. — Abel offering his Lamb. From the pulpit of Wechselburg Church. the faithfulness with which German artists clung to Romanesque forms after they had been laid aside for Gothic in France and other countries. Scenes from the Old and New Testament, set in. frameworks of symbolic figures, such as lions and sirens, are depicted in a life-like manner ; and the treatment of the nude portions of the human body show great knowledge alike of anatomy and of antique models.
