(Vol. vi., p. 167.)
A recent visit to the cathedral of Aix-la-Chapelle enables me to add the
following Notes to the list already published in "N. & Q."
The brasses are five in number, and are all contained in a chapel on the
north-west side of the dome:
1. Arnoldus de Meroide, 1487, is a mural, rectangular plate (3' . 10" x 2'
. 4"), on the upper half of which are engraved the Virgin and Child, to
whom an angel presents a kneeling priest, and St. Bartholomew with knife
and book.
2. Johannes Pollart, 1534, is also mural and rectangular (5' . 2-1/2" x 2' .
4"), but is broken into two unequal portions, now placed side by side. The
upper half of the larger piece has the following engraving:--In the centre
stands the Virgin, wearing an arched imperial crown. Angels swing censers
above her head. St. John Baptist, on her right hand, presents a kneeling
priest in surplice and alb; and St. Christopher bears "the mysterious
Child" on her left. The lower half contains part of the long inscription
which is completed on the smaller detached piece.
3. Johannes et Lambertus Munten, 1546. This is likewise mural and
rectangular (2' . 11-1/2" x 2' . 1"). It is _painted_ a deep blue colour, and
has an inscription in gilt letters, at the foot of which is depicted an
emaciated figure, wrapped in a shroud and lying upon an altar-tomb: large
worms creep round the head and feet.
4. Johannes Paiel, 1560. Mural, rectangular (3' . 4" x 2' . 4-1/4"). This is
_painted_ as the last-mentioned plate, and represents the Virgin and Child
in a flaming aureole. Her feet rest in a crescent, around which is twisted
a serpent; on her right hand stand St. John Baptist and the Holy Lamb, each
bearing a cross; and to her left is St. Mary Magdalene, who presents a
kneeling priest.
5. Henricus de .... This is on the floor in front of the altar-rails, and
consists of a rectangular plate (2' . 9" x 2' . 1"), on which is
represented an angel wearing a surplice and a stole semee of crosses
fitchee, and supporting a shield bearing three fleurs-de-lis, with as many
crosses fitchee. A partially-effaced inscription runs round the plate,
within a floriated margin, and with evangelistic symbols at the corners.
In the centre of the choir of Cologne Cathedral lies a _modern_ rectangular
brass plate (8' . 10" x 3' . 11") to the memory of a late archbishop,
Ferdinandus Augustus, 1835.
Beneath a single canopy is a full-length picture of the archbishop in
eucharistic vestments (the stole unusually short), a pall over his
shoulders, and an elaborate pastoral staff in his hand.