Rescued furnishings: Corrected verb tenses and restructured sentences to have correct phrasing.← Previous revisionRevision as of 00:19, 31 October 2026 Line 94: Line 94: ===Rescued furnishings=== ===Rescued furnishings=== {{multiple image|direction=vertical|image1=Stumme_Marriage_of_the_Virgin.jpg|width=220|caption1=[[Hamburg Altar]]: Main cathedral altar consecrated to [[Mary of Nazareth]], a panel depicting Mary and [[Joseph of Nazareth]], [[National Museum, Warsaw]].|image2=Stumme_Adoration_of_the_Child.jpg|caption2=Hamburg Altar: Panel depicting the [[Nativity of Jesus]], National Museum, Warsaw.}} There was little interest in the valuable furnishings of the proto-cathedral. Few enthusiasts with interest in the history of art did not prevail as to rescuing the building. In order to make the biggest bargain not only the structures above earth have been demolished and sold as construction material but even the grave slabs and most of the fundaments have been dug out to be sold alike. The more than 370 slabs of sandstone have mostly been built in [[hydraulic engineering|hydraulic structures]] along the many waterways in Hamburg, broken stones and rubble were used for [[Levee|dikes]] in [[Ochsenwerder]] and [[Spadenland]].Section [http://www.mariendomhamburg.de/kunst/geschichte/abriss/index.html "Abriss des Mariendoms"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315182539/http://www.mariendomhamburg.de/kunst/geschichte/abriss/index.html |date=15 March 2012 }}, p. 4, on: [http://www.mariendomhamburg.de ''St. Marien-Dom Hamburg''] (website of [[New St. Mary's Cathedral (Hamburg)|New St. Mary's Cathedral]]), retrieved on 21 June 2011. So archeological excavations in recent years could not even uncover the exact groundplan.Katharina Jeorgakopulos, [http://idw-online.de/de/news180439?print=1&id=180439 ''Hamburgs zerbrochener Dom. Multimediale Rekonstruktion der verlorenen Kirche in Hamburg durch zwei Studentinnen im Studienschwerpunkt Informative Illustration (HAW Hamburg)''], press release of the [http://idw-online.de/en/ Informationsdienst Wissenschaft] for the [[Hamburg University of Applied Sciences]], 18 October 2006, retrieved on 21 June 2011. {{multiple image|direction=vertical|image1=Stumme_Marriage_of_the_Virgin.jpg|width=220|caption1=[[Hamburg Altar]]: Main cathedral altar consecrated to [[Mary of Nazareth]], a panel depicting Mary and [[Joseph of Nazareth]], [[National Museum, Warsaw]].|image2=Stumme_Adoration_of_the_Child.jpg|caption2=Hamburg Altar: Panel depicting the [[Nativity of Jesus]], National Museum, Warsaw.}} There was little interest in the valuable furnishings of the proto-cathedral. Few enthusiasts with interest in the history of art did not prevail as to rescuing the building. In order to make the biggest salvage value, not only the structures above earth were demolished and sold as construction material but even the grave slabs and most of the foundations were dug out to be sold as well. The more than 370 slabs of sandstone were built into [[hydraulic engineering|hydraulic structures]] along the many waterways in Hamburg; broken stones and rubble were also used for [[Levee|dikes]] in [[Ochsenwerder]] and [[Spadenland]].Section [http://www.mariendomhamburg.de/kunst/geschichte/abriss/index.html "Abriss des Mariendoms"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315182539/http://www.mariendomhamburg.de/kunst/geschichte/abriss/index.html |date=15 March 2012 }}, p. 4, on: [http://www.mariendomhamburg.de ''St. Marien-Dom Hamburg''] (website of [[New St. Mary's Cathedral (Hamburg)|New St. Mary's Cathedral]]), retrieved on 21 June 2011. Therefore, archeological excavations in recent years could not uncover enough foundation to determine the exact groundplan.Katharina Jeorgakopulos, [http://idw-online.de/de/news180439?print=1&id=180439 ''Hamburgs zerbrochener Dom. Multimediale Rekonstruktion der verlorenen Kirche in Hamburg durch zwei Studentinnen im Studienschwerpunkt Informative Illustration (HAW Hamburg)''], press release of the [http://idw-online.de/en/ Informationsdienst Wissenschaft] for the [[Hamburg University of Applied Sciences]], 18 October 2006, retrieved on 21 June 2011. [[File:Ludwigslust St Helena und Andreas 07.jpg|thumb|left|Glass windows of the cathedral, built in {{Interlanguage link|Ss. Helena and Andrew Church (Ludwigslust)|de|3=St. Helena und Andreas (Ludwigslust)|lt=Ss. Helena and Andrew Church}} in Ludwigslust.]] [[File:Scherbe vom Grab Benedikt V.jpg|thumb|left|Sherd of [[Pope Benedict V]]'s cenotaph, [[Hamburgmuseum]].]] The rescue of some furnishings we owe to [[Philipp Otto Runge]], prevailing in the merchant republic of Hamburg with the argument, that they could be sold as well. So the [[International Gothic|Late Gothic]] cathedral [[altarpiece]], created by Hamburg's famous artists [[Absolon Stumme]] and his stepson [[Hinrik Bornemann]], however, only finished, after their deaths in 1499, by [[Wilm Dedeke]] were rescued and sold to [[East Prussia]]. In 1946 the altarpiece was nationalised and is now shown in the [[National Museum, Warsaw]]. [[File:Ludwigslust St Helena und Andreas 07.jpg|thumb|left|Glass windows of the cathedral, built in {{Interlanguage link|Ss. Helena and Andrew Church (Ludwigslust)|de|3=St. Helena und Andreas (Ludwigslust)|lt=Ss. Helena and Andrew Church}} in Ludwigslust.]] [[File:Scherbe vom Grab Benedikt V.jpg|thumb|left|Sherd of [[Pope Benedict V]]'s cenotaph, [[Hamburgmuseum]].]] The rescue of some furnishings we owe to [[Philipp Otto Runge]], prevailing in the merchant republic of Hamburg with the argument, that they could be sold as well. So the [[International Gothic|Late Gothic]] cathedral [[altarpiece]], created by Hamburg's famous artists [[Absolon Stumme]] and his stepson [[Hinrik Bornemann]], however, only finished, after their deaths in 1499, by [[Wilm Dedeke]] were rescued and sold to [[East Prussia]]. In 1946 the altarpiece was nationalised and is now shown in the [[National Museum, Warsaw]].