Meister or Master Gerhard ( allegedly in Reil – 24 or 25 April 1271 in

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) was the first master mason of

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. He was also known as ''Gerhard von Rile'' or by the Latin version of his name, ''Meister Gerardus''. He fell to his death during construction of the cathedral.

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, * 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
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* * 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. 55f
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