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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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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 * .