Master Gerhard
Meister or Master Gerhard (* c 1210/1215 allegedly in Reil – 24 or 25 April 1271 in Cologne) was the first master mason of Cologne Cathedral. He was also known as Gerhard von Rile or by the Latin version of his name, Meister Gerardus.
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Meister Gerhard, Statue
He fell to his death during construction of the cathedral.[1]
Bibliography
- Paul Clemen (ed.): Der Dom zu Köln (= Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz. Band 6, Teil III). Reprint der 2., vermehrten Auflage, Düsseldorf, 1938. Düsseldorf Schwann 1980, ISBN 3-590-32101-6
- Johann Jakob Merlo: Geschichte der Kölner Dombaumeister (= Nr. 75 der Jahrbücher des Vereins von Alterthumsfreunden im Rheinlande), 1883
- Johann Jakob Merlo: Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Werken kölnischer Künstler, S.133 Köln 1850
- Heinrich Pröhle: Meister Gerhard von Rile, des Kölner Domes Baumeister, in: Rheinlands schönste Sagen und Geschichten. Berlin 1886, S. 213-216 (E-Text)
- Herbert Rode (1964), "Gerhard", Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB) (in German), 6, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 272–272
- Sulpiz Boisserée: Meister Gerhard, muthmaßlicher Baumeister des Doms v. Köln. (Geschichte u. Beschreibung des Doms v. Köln). In: Kunstblatt Nr. 13 (1824)
- Max Hasak: Der Dom zu Köln, Berlin 1911, S. 55ff online
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References
- "Medieval Masons and Gothic Cathedrals". Society of Architectural Historians. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
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