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    Article ACCOUNT AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CHAPEL OF ROSLIN, &c. * ← Page 2 of 6 →
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Account And Description Of The Chapel Of Roslin, &C. *

from thc fox ; a monkey or baboon , one or more , and one of them here and there hugging a puppy in its bosom , a cat , & c . & c . There are five large arched windows below in the outer-wall , with a pillar or column rising in the middle of each , and waving to the top of the arch in various shapes , some circular , others semicircular , & c . so that not one waving on the top of a pillar is like another . All these windows'are prettily carved even on the outsideparticularl

, y on' the arches , with foliage , & c . having niches on the jambs , in which , probabty , there have been statues of old , the pedestals of which are , still remaining . ; There are five lesser arched windows above , reaching almost to the top of the inner wall , which appear to have had no pillar in the middle ¦ of each . —The roof between the outer and in ner wallformerly leaded

, , JIOW slated , with-a slope to make the rain run the better- off ] covers the greatest part of these higher windows , and spoils the symmetry of the fabric . On the east end , or altar , there are five lower spires with niches for . statues , all adequate to those of the same model on the north-side , with four large windows , a pillar raised in the middle of each , as in

. the . windows below in the north side , but differing ftpm these in . the various wavings on the tops of the arches , as well as from each other . . The pedestals on which the statues have been placed , are all curiously wrought off in sculpture of antique ancl grotesque figures in basso relieyo , varying from one another , and from those on the north side . The south side is exactly the same with the north , as to the number

and proportion of spires and windows ; in the maiy ornaments of which still the same wild agreeable varie ty is most carefully observed . There are spouts at proper-distances , for letting the rain run down from the roofs , cut into various shapes , as the bod y of a lion , the head of an old man , & c . On the west gable is a very plain ordinary beil-housewith places

, for two bells , and an iron cross still entire on the top of it . There have been two other iron crosses , one on each corner of this gable , of which the erect parts are onty now remaining . The transverse pieces being quite worn away by the injuries of the weather .

The high roof is arched , and well covered with flag-stones . —The . entry into this grand and sacred structure is by two doors , one on the south , the other on the north side ; both which shall be described in their places : and no person can enter into it , who has the smallest degree of solid thinking , without being struck with reverential awe at its august appearance ; so much is it a temple of the adorable Deityand reflects the greatest honour on the founder and

en-, dower . It is decorated with pillars , which delight the eye by a variety of aspect , and which have had their invention from good perspective , Tuscan , Rustic , Doric , Ionic , Corinthian , and the Composite or Italic , Richard Augustine Hay ' s MS . Memoirs , Vol . II . p . 313 * .

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Untitled Article 1
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 2
ANECDOTE, Article 4
ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE STADTHOLDERSHIP OF HOLLAND. Article 4
INSTANCES OF RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE. Article 5
THE NEWSPAPER. Article 7
A SERMON PREACHED AT GREENWICH, ON THE FESTIVAL OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, JUNE 24, 1774, Article 8
HYDROPHOBIA CURED BY VINEGAR. Article 15
THE FREEMASON. No. II. Article 16
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS AND MILITARY ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS' OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM. Article 18
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 22
DEVONSHIRE ANECDOTE. Article 23
ANECDOTE OF GOVERNOR BOYD. Article 23
ACCOUNT AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CHAPEL OF ROSLIN, &c. * Article 24
ACCOUNT OF SHAKSPEARE's CRAB-TREE. Article 29
NEW EXPERIMENT IN AGRICULTURE. Article 30
AN ENQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN AND MEANING OF SEVERAL CANT TERMS AND PHRASES IN USE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. Article 31
THE EFFECT OF SUDDEN PREFERMENT IN LOOSENING ANCIENT CONNEXIONS. Article 33
NATIONAL CHARACTER. Article 38
MR. TASKER'S LETTERS Article 39
CONSECRATION OF THE LODGE OF UNANIMITY, No. 136, AT COLTISHALL, IN NORFOLK. Article 40
LIFE OF THE RIGHT REVEREND JOHN EGERTON, LATE LORD BISHOP OF DURHAM. Article 41
SINGULAR WORDS. Article 44
THE IRON MASK. Article 45
DOMESTIC MANNERS OF THE DUTCH. Article 47
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. Article 48
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 54
POETRY. Article 55
A ROYAL ARCH SONG. Article 56
ODE FOR THE NEW YEAR, Article 57
THE HORSE TO HIS RIDER; AN ELEGY, Article 58
EPIGRAM Article 60
ICE CREAM. Article 60
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 60
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 65
Untitled Article 72
LONDON : Article 72
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 73
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 73
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Account And Description Of The Chapel Of Roslin, &C. *

from thc fox ; a monkey or baboon , one or more , and one of them here and there hugging a puppy in its bosom , a cat , & c . & c . There are five large arched windows below in the outer-wall , with a pillar or column rising in the middle of each , and waving to the top of the arch in various shapes , some circular , others semicircular , & c . so that not one waving on the top of a pillar is like another . All these windows'are prettily carved even on the outsideparticularl

, y on' the arches , with foliage , & c . having niches on the jambs , in which , probabty , there have been statues of old , the pedestals of which are , still remaining . ; There are five lesser arched windows above , reaching almost to the top of the inner wall , which appear to have had no pillar in the middle ¦ of each . —The roof between the outer and in ner wallformerly leaded

, , JIOW slated , with-a slope to make the rain run the better- off ] covers the greatest part of these higher windows , and spoils the symmetry of the fabric . On the east end , or altar , there are five lower spires with niches for . statues , all adequate to those of the same model on the north-side , with four large windows , a pillar raised in the middle of each , as in

. the . windows below in the north side , but differing ftpm these in . the various wavings on the tops of the arches , as well as from each other . . The pedestals on which the statues have been placed , are all curiously wrought off in sculpture of antique ancl grotesque figures in basso relieyo , varying from one another , and from those on the north side . The south side is exactly the same with the north , as to the number

and proportion of spires and windows ; in the maiy ornaments of which still the same wild agreeable varie ty is most carefully observed . There are spouts at proper-distances , for letting the rain run down from the roofs , cut into various shapes , as the bod y of a lion , the head of an old man , & c . On the west gable is a very plain ordinary beil-housewith places

, for two bells , and an iron cross still entire on the top of it . There have been two other iron crosses , one on each corner of this gable , of which the erect parts are onty now remaining . The transverse pieces being quite worn away by the injuries of the weather .

The high roof is arched , and well covered with flag-stones . —The . entry into this grand and sacred structure is by two doors , one on the south , the other on the north side ; both which shall be described in their places : and no person can enter into it , who has the smallest degree of solid thinking , without being struck with reverential awe at its august appearance ; so much is it a temple of the adorable Deityand reflects the greatest honour on the founder and

en-, dower . It is decorated with pillars , which delight the eye by a variety of aspect , and which have had their invention from good perspective , Tuscan , Rustic , Doric , Ionic , Corinthian , and the Composite or Italic , Richard Augustine Hay ' s MS . Memoirs , Vol . II . p . 313 * .

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