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Fig. 12 Maastricht, Franciscan church, plan of the foundations of the first church (hatched) and of the
second church
identity referred to the central study centre (stadium generale) as motherhouse of
the province, linked with the University of Cologne.
The Franciscans settled on the banks of the Meuse in Maastricht in 1234, but
the construction of their present church began around 1300. The 65 years gap
between these two dates is important when we know that the Dominicans, who
arrived in the same town in 1261, laid the foundation stone of their church in
1267. Excavations carried out in the Franciscan church in 1990 brought to light
some sections of the foundations of a primitive church and cloister, without in-
terpreting their design (Fig. 12).61
The remains of this first church are nevertheless very characteristic: a semicir-
cular apse, a single nave of the same width as the apse, a transept with a square
plan and very salient arms (since there are no aisles), and an apse directly grafted
on the crossing (no bay between the crossing and the apse). These plan features
61 Ron Hulst, Tussen wal en kerk. De Rijksarchiefopgravingen in Maastricht, in: Rotterdam
Papers. A Contribution to Medieval and Post-Medieval Archaeology and History of Build-
ing, vol. 10, ed. by Arnold Carmiggelt, Rotterdam 1999, pp. 103-116.
Fig. 12 Maastricht, Franciscan church, plan of the foundations of the first church (hatched) and of the
second church
identity referred to the central study centre (stadium generale) as motherhouse of
the province, linked with the University of Cologne.
The Franciscans settled on the banks of the Meuse in Maastricht in 1234, but
the construction of their present church began around 1300. The 65 years gap
between these two dates is important when we know that the Dominicans, who
arrived in the same town in 1261, laid the foundation stone of their church in
1267. Excavations carried out in the Franciscan church in 1990 brought to light
some sections of the foundations of a primitive church and cloister, without in-
terpreting their design (Fig. 12).61
The remains of this first church are nevertheless very characteristic: a semicir-
cular apse, a single nave of the same width as the apse, a transept with a square
plan and very salient arms (since there are no aisles), and an apse directly grafted
on the crossing (no bay between the crossing and the apse). These plan features
61 Ron Hulst, Tussen wal en kerk. De Rijksarchiefopgravingen in Maastricht, in: Rotterdam
Papers. A Contribution to Medieval and Post-Medieval Archaeology and History of Build-
ing, vol. 10, ed. by Arnold Carmiggelt, Rotterdam 1999, pp. 103-116.