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Account And Description Of The Chapel Of Roslin, &C.
St . Clair to where it now is , because , in its former situation , it spoiled the appearance ofthe Chapel , so that it wo . uld appear he has been buried in the same vault with the barons of Roslin , as his body is said to lie before the tomb . Hay , vol . II . 3 23 , compared with 47 8 . On tlie architrave from tlie third pillar to its opposite small one on the wallthere is only foliage .
, Upon the capital of said small pillar , there is an ensign armorial supported , or rather , as it were , held out to view , by two men lying along and almost kneeling . This and the former similar coat of arms upon the capital of the second small pillar , are so much defaced , that one knows not well what to make of them ; onl } " - on one of them , a ragged cross is to be seenthough indistinctlyarising from the back
, , of a beast like a dog , and something like a flag waving from the top ofthe cross . This last ensign armorial , viz . upon the capital of the third small pillar , is not taken notice of by Mr : Hay : perhaps these , so held out or supported by two men , have been the coats armorial of William Prince of Orkney , & c . the founder' of the Chapel , the one after his first , and the other after his second marriage .
In the fourth window are two cherubs , one of them broke off , two ' antique heads and foliage . At the foot of the third and fourth pillars , between them and the north wall , there is a large flag-stone that covers the opening ofthe vault , which is the burial-place of the family of Roslin , where about ten barons of Roslin are now buried , This vault is so dry , that their bodies have been found entire after 80 years ( says Slezer ) , and as fresh as when first buried . These barons were buried of old in
tlieharmour , without any coffin ; and were successively , by charter * , the patrons and protectors of Masonry in Scotland . Hay , vol . II .-page . 543 , 549 , 550 . " And , says Mr . Hay , the late Roslin my " good father ( grand-father to the present Roslin f ) , was the first " that was buried in a coffin , against the sentiments of K . James VII . " who was then in Scotland , and several other persons well versed in anti to whom mother
" quity , . my ( Jean Spottiswood , grand-niece " of archbishop Spottiswood ) would not hearken , thinking it beg" garly to be buried after that manner . The great expence she was . " at in burying her husband , occasioned the sumptuary acts which " were made in the following parliaments . " Upon the capital of the fourth pillarare two angels removing the
, stone from the door of the sepulchre wherein our Saviour ' s body was laid , and two monstrous beasts , representing , perhaps , death and hell . On the architrave , betwixt the said pillar and its smaller one on the Wall , there is only foliage .
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Account And Description Of The Chapel Of Roslin, &C.
St . Clair to where it now is , because , in its former situation , it spoiled the appearance ofthe Chapel , so that it wo . uld appear he has been buried in the same vault with the barons of Roslin , as his body is said to lie before the tomb . Hay , vol . II . 3 23 , compared with 47 8 . On tlie architrave from tlie third pillar to its opposite small one on the wallthere is only foliage .
, Upon the capital of said small pillar , there is an ensign armorial supported , or rather , as it were , held out to view , by two men lying along and almost kneeling . This and the former similar coat of arms upon the capital of the second small pillar , are so much defaced , that one knows not well what to make of them ; onl } " - on one of them , a ragged cross is to be seenthough indistinctlyarising from the back
, , of a beast like a dog , and something like a flag waving from the top ofthe cross . This last ensign armorial , viz . upon the capital of the third small pillar , is not taken notice of by Mr : Hay : perhaps these , so held out or supported by two men , have been the coats armorial of William Prince of Orkney , & c . the founder' of the Chapel , the one after his first , and the other after his second marriage .
In the fourth window are two cherubs , one of them broke off , two ' antique heads and foliage . At the foot of the third and fourth pillars , between them and the north wall , there is a large flag-stone that covers the opening ofthe vault , which is the burial-place of the family of Roslin , where about ten barons of Roslin are now buried , This vault is so dry , that their bodies have been found entire after 80 years ( says Slezer ) , and as fresh as when first buried . These barons were buried of old in
tlieharmour , without any coffin ; and were successively , by charter * , the patrons and protectors of Masonry in Scotland . Hay , vol . II .-page . 543 , 549 , 550 . " And , says Mr . Hay , the late Roslin my " good father ( grand-father to the present Roslin f ) , was the first " that was buried in a coffin , against the sentiments of K . James VII . " who was then in Scotland , and several other persons well versed in anti to whom mother
" quity , . my ( Jean Spottiswood , grand-niece " of archbishop Spottiswood ) would not hearken , thinking it beg" garly to be buried after that manner . The great expence she was . " at in burying her husband , occasioned the sumptuary acts which " were made in the following parliaments . " Upon the capital of the fourth pillarare two angels removing the
, stone from the door of the sepulchre wherein our Saviour ' s body was laid , and two monstrous beasts , representing , perhaps , death and hell . On the architrave , betwixt the said pillar and its smaller one on the Wall , there is only foliage .