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Account And Description Of The Chapel Of Roslin, &C. *
the high altar , or the entry down to the sacristy , is pendant about two feet , two inches , in a piece of fine foliage . In the window at the back of the high altar , directly opposite to . the said key-stone , in the south-east corner of the . chapel , on each pilaster or jamb , were two cherubs , but one of them is quite broke off . —In this and every one of the lower windows there is a piece of castle-workor a representation of a tower , on each jamb ; but some
, of them have been forcibly broken off . As also on each pilaster of the lower windows there is a niche for a statue , and the pedestal is for the most part cut out into a cherub . Mr . Hay make .- ; mention of a coat of arms above the high altar , but no such thing is now to be seen ; as several parts of this glorious fabricparticularly the end of an arch at the north side of the above
, window broken to pieces , were a little defaced by the mob iri i 688 j on December II , about ten o ' clock at night , after they had pillaged the castle of Roslin ; Vol . II . page 477 . This mob , from the best authority , is said to have consisted mostly of Roslin ' s own tenants . , ¦ The first and principal pillar of the whole , placed at the adjoining corner of the low and high altar , just as you go down to the sacristy
011 your left hand , is commonly called the Apprentice ' s pillar , of which hereafter ; but by Slezer ,. in his Theatrum Scotia , fol . pag . 63 . Land . 16 93 , ( he Prince ' s pillar , I suppose from . the princely founder . —It has on the base of it several dragons , in the strongest or first kind of basso relievo , as one can easily thrust a finger or two between some parts of the dragons and the base . The dr . gons are chained by tha headsand twisted into one another . —This beautiful illar hasrouncj
, p . . it from base to capital , waying in the spiral way , four wreaths of the most curious sculpture of flower-work and foliage , the workmanship of each being different , and the center of each wreath distant from that of the-nei ghbouring one a foot and an half . So exquisitely fine are these wreathings , that I can resemble them to nothing but Brussels lace . The ornaments upon the capital of this pillar must be referred
to another place , because they have a connection with other adjoining parts , and so go on with those of the lower altar from south to north . The kejvstone of the second double arch above the stiuth end of the large altar , depends as the former one in a piece of foliage . The window opposite to the said ke 3 ' -stone is ornamented with cherubs , . is the , one formerty described ; only in this all the four cherubs are
entire . The middle pillar on the fore-part of the altar , has its capital cut into flowers de luce in the first kind of basso relievo , so as some parts of the sculpture are quite free of the pillar , and tlie light passes through the openings . On this capital there are several cherubs playing different instruments of music , viz . psalters , & c . The architrave joining the said illar to the second middle illar
p p , down from the altar westward , has on both sides only foliage . Upon or above the capital of this second pillar , there is a hare eating a cabbage , and an elephant ; besides some human figures' defaced ; and g ppat of amis facing westward , the field of which , two ragged crosses ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Account And Description Of The Chapel Of Roslin, &C. *
the high altar , or the entry down to the sacristy , is pendant about two feet , two inches , in a piece of fine foliage . In the window at the back of the high altar , directly opposite to . the said key-stone , in the south-east corner of the . chapel , on each pilaster or jamb , were two cherubs , but one of them is quite broke off . —In this and every one of the lower windows there is a piece of castle-workor a representation of a tower , on each jamb ; but some
, of them have been forcibly broken off . As also on each pilaster of the lower windows there is a niche for a statue , and the pedestal is for the most part cut out into a cherub . Mr . Hay make .- ; mention of a coat of arms above the high altar , but no such thing is now to be seen ; as several parts of this glorious fabricparticularly the end of an arch at the north side of the above
, window broken to pieces , were a little defaced by the mob iri i 688 j on December II , about ten o ' clock at night , after they had pillaged the castle of Roslin ; Vol . II . page 477 . This mob , from the best authority , is said to have consisted mostly of Roslin ' s own tenants . , ¦ The first and principal pillar of the whole , placed at the adjoining corner of the low and high altar , just as you go down to the sacristy
011 your left hand , is commonly called the Apprentice ' s pillar , of which hereafter ; but by Slezer ,. in his Theatrum Scotia , fol . pag . 63 . Land . 16 93 , ( he Prince ' s pillar , I suppose from . the princely founder . —It has on the base of it several dragons , in the strongest or first kind of basso relievo , as one can easily thrust a finger or two between some parts of the dragons and the base . The dr . gons are chained by tha headsand twisted into one another . —This beautiful illar hasrouncj
, p . . it from base to capital , waying in the spiral way , four wreaths of the most curious sculpture of flower-work and foliage , the workmanship of each being different , and the center of each wreath distant from that of the-nei ghbouring one a foot and an half . So exquisitely fine are these wreathings , that I can resemble them to nothing but Brussels lace . The ornaments upon the capital of this pillar must be referred
to another place , because they have a connection with other adjoining parts , and so go on with those of the lower altar from south to north . The kejvstone of the second double arch above the stiuth end of the large altar , depends as the former one in a piece of foliage . The window opposite to the said ke 3 ' -stone is ornamented with cherubs , . is the , one formerty described ; only in this all the four cherubs are
entire . The middle pillar on the fore-part of the altar , has its capital cut into flowers de luce in the first kind of basso relievo , so as some parts of the sculpture are quite free of the pillar , and tlie light passes through the openings . On this capital there are several cherubs playing different instruments of music , viz . psalters , & c . The architrave joining the said illar to the second middle illar
p p , down from the altar westward , has on both sides only foliage . Upon or above the capital of this second pillar , there is a hare eating a cabbage , and an elephant ; besides some human figures' defaced ; and g ppat of amis facing westward , the field of which , two ragged crosses ,