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Account And Description Of The Chapel Of Roslin, &C.
ACCOUNT AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CHAPEL OF ROSLIN , & c .
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LE . us now go down ffcuii cast to west betwixt the north waVl and the north , cqionade . Jit the first window in the north wall , being above the north end ofthe altar , there are two cherubs , each at the setting on ofthe arch ofthe window . Upon the capital of the first pillar , there are cherubs playing on musical instrumentsone particularlon the bagpiin the hihland
, y pe g way , by blowing with the mouth , and a cherub with a book spread open before liini : On the architrave joining the first pillar to the second , with your face to the south , you see Sampson taking hold ofthe two pillars , and pulling down the house upon the Philistines ; and on the architrave joining the second illar to its smaller opposite one on the north wall
p , with your face to the west , you see the Philistines lying dead , so that these two architraves are rectangular to one another , and thereb y mighty expressive of their design . Upon the capital ot the second pillar , there are baskets somewhat like crowns , in foliage , and on the outside of one of them there is a human figure lying along at full length .
in the second window , are four cherubs and foliage . Upon the capital of the-smaller pillar on the north-wall , opposite to the second large pillar , there is a coat of arms , supported , or rather as it were held out , by two men lying along , and almost kneeling , one of them being well nigh destroyed . Hay , vol . IL page 477 . In the third window , there are two cherubs and foliage , two other cherubs broke off " ¦
being . ' . _ Upori the floor , precisely between the second and third pillars , there is a very rough draught of a man in armour , on a coarse flat stone . ; with his hands lifted up and joined together as in prayer , with a greyhound at his feec , and ' a lion rampant at each ear . Thisj perhaps , is the grave-stone of Alexander Earl of Sutherland , who buried in this
was Chapel , and was grandson to King Robert Bruce . On the ri ght hand ofthe said rough draught , on a lesser coarse stone , { here is aii ^ ensign armorial , ' pretty much wore out ; insomuch , that it is with difficulty you can see behind a broad-sword in pale . And on the left hand , there is Just such another lesser coarse stone , on winch appears to have been another coat of arms ; but there is nothing to be seen distinctly . °
Upon the capita ) ofthe third pillar , there is an elephant , a head of a serpent , & c . On the west side of this , third pillar , was erected tlie tomb of George Earl of Caithness , but it ' was lately removed by Gen ., Vox ,. IV , . ¦ K k
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Account And Description Of The Chapel Of Roslin, &C.
ACCOUNT AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CHAPEL OF ROSLIN , & c .
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LE . us now go down ffcuii cast to west betwixt the north waVl and the north , cqionade . Jit the first window in the north wall , being above the north end ofthe altar , there are two cherubs , each at the setting on ofthe arch ofthe window . Upon the capital of the first pillar , there are cherubs playing on musical instrumentsone particularlon the bagpiin the hihland
, y pe g way , by blowing with the mouth , and a cherub with a book spread open before liini : On the architrave joining the first pillar to the second , with your face to the south , you see Sampson taking hold ofthe two pillars , and pulling down the house upon the Philistines ; and on the architrave joining the second illar to its smaller opposite one on the north wall
p , with your face to the west , you see the Philistines lying dead , so that these two architraves are rectangular to one another , and thereb y mighty expressive of their design . Upon the capital ot the second pillar , there are baskets somewhat like crowns , in foliage , and on the outside of one of them there is a human figure lying along at full length .
in the second window , are four cherubs and foliage . Upon the capital of the-smaller pillar on the north-wall , opposite to the second large pillar , there is a coat of arms , supported , or rather as it were held out , by two men lying along , and almost kneeling , one of them being well nigh destroyed . Hay , vol . IL page 477 . In the third window , there are two cherubs and foliage , two other cherubs broke off " ¦
being . ' . _ Upori the floor , precisely between the second and third pillars , there is a very rough draught of a man in armour , on a coarse flat stone . ; with his hands lifted up and joined together as in prayer , with a greyhound at his feec , and ' a lion rampant at each ear . Thisj perhaps , is the grave-stone of Alexander Earl of Sutherland , who buried in this
was Chapel , and was grandson to King Robert Bruce . On the ri ght hand ofthe said rough draught , on a lesser coarse stone , { here is aii ^ ensign armorial , ' pretty much wore out ; insomuch , that it is with difficulty you can see behind a broad-sword in pale . And on the left hand , there is Just such another lesser coarse stone , on winch appears to have been another coat of arms ; but there is nothing to be seen distinctly . °
Upon the capita ) ofthe third pillar , there is an elephant , a head of a serpent , & c . On the west side of this , third pillar , was erected tlie tomb of George Earl of Caithness , but it ' was lately removed by Gen ., Vox ,. IV , . ¦ K k