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| ROSLIN CHAPEL continued | the beauty of the conception the profusion of ornaments every where displayed and admirably carved, making it rank among the most perfect specimens of Gothic ecclesiastical architecture extant. Besides the endowments of the founder it received from barons of Roslin, grants of land, in 1523 Sir William St Clair gifted to it portions of land for dwelling houses & gardens to the provost & prebendaries. But ere half a century elapsed the spirit of the Reformation agitated the human mind across the breadth of land breathing vengeance on the Priests & followers of the Catholic faith, and the poor provost, and prebendaries of Roslin in 1572 after having been denuded of their possessions were obliged to relinquish by a formal deed of resignation, the whole of their revenues & property. At the era of the Revolution in 1688, a mob which attacked Roslin Castle and carried away or destroyed its furniture did some damage also to the Chapel, depriving it of numerous ornaments, and with the injury sustained at the hands of this rabble composed by persons from Edinburgh & tenants of the barony, Roslin Chapel exhibited symptoms of decay. But it was repaired at much expense by General St. Clair, who put glas[s] into all the windows, new laid the floor with flagstones, placed new flagstones on the roof & built a hi[gh] wall round the cemetery. It was again repaired by the first Earl of Roslin, who roofed it with blue slate & partially renovated its architecture without impairing any of its antique or distinctive features, and lastly the present noble proprietor with the most laudible zeal for the preservation of this beautiful specimen of architect[ure] has not only thoroughly repaired it but has restored the east window, displacing the dark wall that formerly disfigured the end of the bric[k]. The Chapel is entered by two doors, the one to the north, the other to the south. On entering the interior, there are manifold beauties to g[ladden] the eye. A descent from the south-east corner leads by a flight of 20 stone steps to a crypt or chapel. It is partly subterraneous but owing to the sud[den] declivity of the hill, it looks out from the surface at the east end & is lighted by a single window. Roslin Chapel is divided into a central & two na[rrow] side aisles by 14 pillars the capitals of which are elaborately adorned being covered with foliage & a series of figures & the whole interior is beautiful in the ext[reme.] The altars independent of the high altar were three, and respectively dedicated to St. Matthew, St. Andrew & St. Peter. The remains of the barons of Roslin lie here entombed in their armour according to the custom of the family. An opinion long prevailed that on the night previous to the death of any of the barons, the Chapel appeared on fire. |
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