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Account And Description Of The Chapel Of Roslin, &C.
rrito rohage and flower-work , and others of the jambs are figured hitc ? pillars with flowered-capitals ; the south pilaster of the south door and the north pilaster of the north door running up , each from its flowered capital , into small genteel pillars , equally hi gh in their capitals with the tops of the inner side-walls of the chapel . There are several fonts curiously ornamented on the outside of the west-wallparticularly twoone on the norththe other'on the south
, , , of the three doors , each of which is inclosed within two very pretty little flowered pillars or spires , ending in top with jweces of sculpture resembling small flowered vases . Between the said north and middle-door , as hi gh as their hypert ' uyrons , there is the figure of a man standing , and tied to a rock by his middle and ancleswith his hands tied behind his backand
ha-, , ving a human figure sitting at each foot , and holding the rope with which he is tied . Of this figure I can conjecture no other meaning , than that of" St . Michael upon a rock ; which receives strength from the consideration that the princely founder of this chapel was honoured with being one of the kni ghts of the Cockle , after the order of France , which , among other emblems , has a medal hung upon the ' breast
, representing St . Michael upon a rock , whence they are called Knights of St . Michael . Hay , vol . II . p . 234 and 313 . There are also some cherubs on the outside of the west gable , with scrolls waving from hand to hand . . WILLIAM ST . CLAIR , Prince of Orknej-, Duke of Holdenbourg , Earl of Caithness , & c . & c . & c . Baron of Roslin , & c . & c . & c . the ofthe from
7 th name the days of Malcomb Kenmore , and descended of noble parents in France , founded this most curious ; chapel or college , for a provost , six prebendaries , and two singing boys , in 1446 , and dedicated it to St . Matthew the apostle and evangelist ; but Slezer erroneously says in 1440 , and gives an outside view , of this rare edifice from a copper-plate , which , by the bye , seems inferior to those , only in pen and ink-work , given by Mr . Hay , vol . II . p . 3 62 , 527 , « 7 ifZ 531 .
" I he sacristy , or vestry , was founded b y his first lady Dame Elizabeth Douglas , formerly countess of Buciian , and daughter of Archibald , the second of that name . Prince William endowed the chapel with the church-lands of Pentland , four acres of meadow near that town , with the Kips , and ei ght sowms of grass in the town of Pentland . —A successor of his , also William of Roslinendowed itb
, , y his charter of February 5 , i ^ zz , with some portions of land near the chapel , for dwelling houses , gardens , & c . to the provost and prebendaries . Hay , vol . II . p . ' 50 ; , & c . And yet such is the instability of human affairs , just 4 8 years after this last endowment , in 1571 , February 26 , we find the provost and prebendaries resigning , as by force and violence , all , and every one ofthe several donations , into secular hands nnalienably : and withal complaining , that , for many years before , their revenues had been violently detained froh . them ; insomuch that they had received
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Account And Description Of The Chapel Of Roslin, &C.
rrito rohage and flower-work , and others of the jambs are figured hitc ? pillars with flowered-capitals ; the south pilaster of the south door and the north pilaster of the north door running up , each from its flowered capital , into small genteel pillars , equally hi gh in their capitals with the tops of the inner side-walls of the chapel . There are several fonts curiously ornamented on the outside of the west-wallparticularly twoone on the norththe other'on the south
, , , of the three doors , each of which is inclosed within two very pretty little flowered pillars or spires , ending in top with jweces of sculpture resembling small flowered vases . Between the said north and middle-door , as hi gh as their hypert ' uyrons , there is the figure of a man standing , and tied to a rock by his middle and ancleswith his hands tied behind his backand
ha-, , ving a human figure sitting at each foot , and holding the rope with which he is tied . Of this figure I can conjecture no other meaning , than that of" St . Michael upon a rock ; which receives strength from the consideration that the princely founder of this chapel was honoured with being one of the kni ghts of the Cockle , after the order of France , which , among other emblems , has a medal hung upon the ' breast
, representing St . Michael upon a rock , whence they are called Knights of St . Michael . Hay , vol . II . p . 234 and 313 . There are also some cherubs on the outside of the west gable , with scrolls waving from hand to hand . . WILLIAM ST . CLAIR , Prince of Orknej-, Duke of Holdenbourg , Earl of Caithness , & c . & c . & c . Baron of Roslin , & c . & c . & c . the ofthe from
7 th name the days of Malcomb Kenmore , and descended of noble parents in France , founded this most curious ; chapel or college , for a provost , six prebendaries , and two singing boys , in 1446 , and dedicated it to St . Matthew the apostle and evangelist ; but Slezer erroneously says in 1440 , and gives an outside view , of this rare edifice from a copper-plate , which , by the bye , seems inferior to those , only in pen and ink-work , given by Mr . Hay , vol . II . p . 3 62 , 527 , « 7 ifZ 531 .
" I he sacristy , or vestry , was founded b y his first lady Dame Elizabeth Douglas , formerly countess of Buciian , and daughter of Archibald , the second of that name . Prince William endowed the chapel with the church-lands of Pentland , four acres of meadow near that town , with the Kips , and ei ght sowms of grass in the town of Pentland . —A successor of his , also William of Roslinendowed itb
, , y his charter of February 5 , i ^ zz , with some portions of land near the chapel , for dwelling houses , gardens , & c . to the provost and prebendaries . Hay , vol . II . p . ' 50 ; , & c . And yet such is the instability of human affairs , just 4 8 years after this last endowment , in 1571 , February 26 , we find the provost and prebendaries resigning , as by force and violence , all , and every one ofthe several donations , into secular hands nnalienably : and withal complaining , that , for many years before , their revenues had been violently detained froh . them ; insomuch that they had received