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Article ACCOUNT AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CHAPEL OF ROSLIN, &c. ← Page 6 of 6 Article AUTHENTIC ANECDOTE. Page 1 of 1
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Account And Description Of The Chapel Of Roslin, &C.
Binds of death they suffered , and four other human figures with like emblems , representing , no doubt , some of the primitive martyrs for the Christian faith . Upon the capital of the sixth pillar , are some human figures defaced . The capita ! of the seventh pillar in the west wall is cut out into foliage extremely fine , and upon it there is a man sitting with a drawn Broad-sword in his rieht hand .
Here is the proper place to give the reasons why the Prince s pillar , just as you go down to the sacristy , is called the Apprentice ' s pillar ; for above the said seventh pillar , in the south-west comer , half way up to the top of the inner wall , there is exhibited a young man ' s head , called the apprentice ' s head , with a scar above the right brow , representing a wound by a stroke ; directly opposite to which , is the head of old
along the west wall in the north-west corner ,, an man , with a most surly frowning countenance , and a long board ^ said to be the representation of the master-mason ' s head , who killed the apprentice out of envy by a blow on the head , ln-a line withtiie apprentice ' s head eastward , directly above the sixth large south p illar , is the head of-a ingsaid- to be the mother of the
apprenwoman weep , tice , mourning the fate of her son . Opposite to the weeping head , directly above the sixth large north pillar ,. is a cherub with a scroll waved from hand to hand . —These figures are extremely strong and . expressive , and what illustrates the narrative , is a tradition that ^ has prevailed in the family of Roslin horn father to son , which is - . — -That a model of this beautiful pillar having been sent from Rome , or some
foreign place ; the master-mason , upon viewing it , would by no means consent to work off such a pillar , till he should go to Rome , or some foreign part , to take exact inspection of the p illar from which the model had been taken ; that , in his absence , whatever mig ht be the occasion of it , an apprentice finished the pillar as it now stands ; and that the master , upon his return , seeing the pillar so exquisitely well Snished , made enquiry who had done it , and , being stung with envy , slew the apprentice . . ( To be concluded in our next , )
Authentic Anecdote.
AUTHENTIC ANECDOTE .
THE celebrated Marcus Tullius Cicero , when flying for his life , was pursued , among others , by Popilius Lena ; the very identical person whose criminal cause the Roman orator had defended with equal eloquence and success : for this monster of ingratitude , this Popilius , of his- own accord asked Antonius to let him be one of those ' sent after Cicero ( then proscribed at Cajeta ) with intent to kill him ; and this man returned-to Rome , carrying in his arms that illustrious head , and the tongue that had p leaded so effectually for Ins own life . ¦ . ' ' ' From P LUTARCH , in vita C ICERONI s ,
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Account And Description Of The Chapel Of Roslin, &C.
Binds of death they suffered , and four other human figures with like emblems , representing , no doubt , some of the primitive martyrs for the Christian faith . Upon the capital of the sixth pillar , are some human figures defaced . The capita ! of the seventh pillar in the west wall is cut out into foliage extremely fine , and upon it there is a man sitting with a drawn Broad-sword in his rieht hand .
Here is the proper place to give the reasons why the Prince s pillar , just as you go down to the sacristy , is called the Apprentice ' s pillar ; for above the said seventh pillar , in the south-west comer , half way up to the top of the inner wall , there is exhibited a young man ' s head , called the apprentice ' s head , with a scar above the right brow , representing a wound by a stroke ; directly opposite to which , is the head of old
along the west wall in the north-west corner ,, an man , with a most surly frowning countenance , and a long board ^ said to be the representation of the master-mason ' s head , who killed the apprentice out of envy by a blow on the head , ln-a line withtiie apprentice ' s head eastward , directly above the sixth large south p illar , is the head of-a ingsaid- to be the mother of the
apprenwoman weep , tice , mourning the fate of her son . Opposite to the weeping head , directly above the sixth large north pillar ,. is a cherub with a scroll waved from hand to hand . —These figures are extremely strong and . expressive , and what illustrates the narrative , is a tradition that ^ has prevailed in the family of Roslin horn father to son , which is - . — -That a model of this beautiful pillar having been sent from Rome , or some
foreign place ; the master-mason , upon viewing it , would by no means consent to work off such a pillar , till he should go to Rome , or some foreign part , to take exact inspection of the p illar from which the model had been taken ; that , in his absence , whatever mig ht be the occasion of it , an apprentice finished the pillar as it now stands ; and that the master , upon his return , seeing the pillar so exquisitely well Snished , made enquiry who had done it , and , being stung with envy , slew the apprentice . . ( To be concluded in our next , )
Authentic Anecdote.
AUTHENTIC ANECDOTE .
THE celebrated Marcus Tullius Cicero , when flying for his life , was pursued , among others , by Popilius Lena ; the very identical person whose criminal cause the Roman orator had defended with equal eloquence and success : for this monster of ingratitude , this Popilius , of his- own accord asked Antonius to let him be one of those ' sent after Cicero ( then proscribed at Cajeta ) with intent to kill him ; and this man returned-to Rome , carrying in his arms that illustrious head , and the tongue that had p leaded so effectually for Ins own life . ¦ . ' ' ' From P LUTARCH , in vita C ICERONI s ,