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This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, now in the public domain.

Contents 1 Imperial Cathedrals 2 History 2.1 Middle Ages 2.2 Modern times 2.3 Present 3 Architecture 3.1 Data 3.2 Spires 3.3 Chapel of Saint Afra 3.4 Chapel of Catherine 3.5 Crypta 3.6 West Facade 4 Surroundings 5 'n stuff 5.1 Corrections 5.2 Sagas 5.3 Pictures 6 Translation problems 6.1 Heidentürmchen 7 record 8 organizing the article

[edit] Imperial Cathedrals

->Imperial Cathedrals carry two quires, one representing the power of god with the altar, one representing the power of the emperor.<- ->The cathedral’s hallmarks are the balanced distribution of its east and west ends and the symmetrical arrangement of four towers and two quires<- ->The salic emperors did not only clame political, they also engrossed clerical power. The special in an Imperial Cathedral is that it has two quires, the usual quire on the end of the nave has a counterpart where the emperor and his entourage attended the church service, representing the balance between the power of god and the power of the emperor. The size and the glory of the cathedral emphasized the emperors pretension to power. The political conflict with the pope in Rome culminated in the Investiture Controversy between Holy Roman Emperor and Pope Gregory VII.<-

The fact with the 2 quires was missing because of ->

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.<-

the context between pretension for power between emperor and church (rome) (Imperial Cathedral = 2 quires) is missing in whole article what should be kept in mind when editing

East towers (=power of god) higher than west towers (=power of emperor) is missing to P.juka 17:38, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History

[edit] Middle Ages

Needs correction (Henry III IV V, relatives, 2 quires) P.juka 17:40, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Modern times

[edit] Present

Present is almost missing P.juka 17:40, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Architecture

[edit] Data

Data needs to be translated (ref) with words like "Vorhalle" "Langhaus" "Vierungspfeiler" etc P.juka 17:40, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spires

Lets put 2 quires in that one P.juka 17:40, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chapel of Saint Afra

According to Saint Afra Chapel in Speyer Cathedral, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor was born on Saint Afras Day, what is the 5. August (although according to some missals it is on 6 August or 7 August). Wikipedia says Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor died on 5. October, what means that something on the dates must be wrong.

So lets take for sure that medieval people knew when the Saint Afras day was, cause if 1 of them wouldnt be born or dying on Saint Afras day they would have given that chapel in the imperial cathedral another name.

So, if anyone have some more holy spirit inside ;), please, examine that stuff a little further and correct the data P.juka 13:39, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chapel of Catherine

More? P.juka 17:40, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Crypta

Needs lot work P.juka 17:40, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] West Facade

More P.juka 17:40, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Surroundings

work P.juka 17:40, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 'n stuff

[edit] Corrections

Whole architecture: barrel vaults, vaults, dome etc. needs correction P.juka 17:40, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sagas

Where to put them to? Add Trivia Section? P.juka 17:40, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures

Any missing pictures? P.juka 17:40, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Translation problems

[edit] Heidentürmchen

Heidentuermchen = small tower in heathland Heathlands small tower? =no confusion with heathen (in meaning of godless) <- same problem in german P.juka 17:40, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] record

biggest surviving romanic cathedral since the destruction of cluny and no mention of it in the article?--Tresckow 00:14, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] organizing the article

Well,i tried to organize the article.In case of any objection,inform me on my talk page.There are many imperative things related to this cathedral which are missing.I also have doubt in information concerning architecture.I hope, someday,i'll be beautifying this article with the needed info.Anyhow,a good effort it is !!--Mike robert (talk) 14:15, 10 December 2007 (UTC)