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Account And Description Of The Chapel Of Roslin, &C. *
ACCOUNT AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CHAPEL OF ROSLIN , & c . *
Communicated'by Mr . JAMES OOMERVILLE , of Edinburgh
THE Chapel or College of ROSLIN , in some old writs ROS ' KELVN f , " in the shire of Mid-Lothian , about four miles southward from Edinburgh , is situated on a rising ground , called the College Hill , charmingly beautified with wood , water , and rocks ; the IJsk gliding along the west and south foot of the hill , some trees , below rustling their boughs across the purling streamothers aloft waving their curling
, tops in the clouds , and the flinty rocks jutting out here and there 'between the trees , shew their ragged forms and depending heads , and serve to complete the delightfully variegated landscape . — -A p lace formed by nature for heavenly contemplation . The church-yard is surrounded with a good wall of stone and lime ; on the north side of which 3 ? ou enter by a doorivhose ilasters and
, p architrave are adorned with sculpture of flower-work . On the middle of the architrave is placed a stone cut into an equilateral triangle , on which are carvings resembling net-work ; no doubt there have been other ornamental stones placed on each side of this triangle , and , perhaps , on the top of it , which is a little flat , as there are some such stones , resembling pieces of lesser pillars or spires , lying at the foot of
this entry into the churchyard . The Chapel , of old called the Chapel amidst the woods , is all of free-stone , and one of the most curious pieces of old Gothic workmanship in Europe , having on the north side twelve turrets , or spires , seven lower arising on the face of the outer wall , and five higher arising from the top of said walland placed exactly behind an equal
, number of the lower ; the other two of which are placed ni gh arid at the east end of the wall , making up the north part of the outside of the altar . The Iowerand hi gher spires are united by tvvo short segments of an arch ; a longer segment passing from each higher spire to the top of the inner-wall . Upon each of these spires , both lower and higherthere are several niches for statues ; but there are no
, statues in them now . However , the pedestals are still extant , curiousty cut out into antique and grotesque figures in basso relievo , such as an old man with a beard , in a posture as collecting his strength , with the head uppermost ; another with the feet uppermost ; a fox carrying off a goose , and a man pulling hard to take the prey
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Account And Description Of The Chapel Of Roslin, &C. *
ACCOUNT AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CHAPEL OF ROSLIN , & c . *
Communicated'by Mr . JAMES OOMERVILLE , of Edinburgh
THE Chapel or College of ROSLIN , in some old writs ROS ' KELVN f , " in the shire of Mid-Lothian , about four miles southward from Edinburgh , is situated on a rising ground , called the College Hill , charmingly beautified with wood , water , and rocks ; the IJsk gliding along the west and south foot of the hill , some trees , below rustling their boughs across the purling streamothers aloft waving their curling
, tops in the clouds , and the flinty rocks jutting out here and there 'between the trees , shew their ragged forms and depending heads , and serve to complete the delightfully variegated landscape . — -A p lace formed by nature for heavenly contemplation . The church-yard is surrounded with a good wall of stone and lime ; on the north side of which 3 ? ou enter by a doorivhose ilasters and
, p architrave are adorned with sculpture of flower-work . On the middle of the architrave is placed a stone cut into an equilateral triangle , on which are carvings resembling net-work ; no doubt there have been other ornamental stones placed on each side of this triangle , and , perhaps , on the top of it , which is a little flat , as there are some such stones , resembling pieces of lesser pillars or spires , lying at the foot of
this entry into the churchyard . The Chapel , of old called the Chapel amidst the woods , is all of free-stone , and one of the most curious pieces of old Gothic workmanship in Europe , having on the north side twelve turrets , or spires , seven lower arising on the face of the outer wall , and five higher arising from the top of said walland placed exactly behind an equal
, number of the lower ; the other two of which are placed ni gh arid at the east end of the wall , making up the north part of the outside of the altar . The Iowerand hi gher spires are united by tvvo short segments of an arch ; a longer segment passing from each higher spire to the top of the inner-wall . Upon each of these spires , both lower and higherthere are several niches for statues ; but there are no
, statues in them now . However , the pedestals are still extant , curiousty cut out into antique and grotesque figures in basso relievo , such as an old man with a beard , in a posture as collecting his strength , with the head uppermost ; another with the feet uppermost ; a fox carrying off a goose , and a man pulling hard to take the prey