Gerd Detemple, . : . Regensburg: Verlag Schnell & Steiner, 2021, 192 pp., 23 ill., and 81 photos.

This is a ‘coffee-table’ book on Trier cathedral, in part the oldest church building used today in Germany, dominated by superb color photographs taken by Gerd Detemple. These are produced splendidly in large – often full-page – format, and are a credit to the photographer and publisher alike. As such, the book will appeal to several markets: scholars who are studying the art and architecture of the cathedral; students of art and architectural history; those with an amateur interest in art-history, architectural history or the city of Trier, and those who have visited Trier and been to the building. However, the volume is probably best suited to the latter two groups, and it is a presentation of visual material rather than a scholarly work.