Interior-detail of corbel-grotesque
SC 488833
Description Interior-detail of corbel-grotesque
Catalogue Number SC 488833
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 67833
Scope and Content Stone corbel in Parliament Hall, Parliament House, Parliament Square, Edinburgh Parliament Hall, built by Sir James Murray in 1639, was the meeting place of the Scottish Parliament and the Outer House of the Court of Session. At present it is a meeting place for lawyers and those they represent. The Hall has a oak hammerbeam roof by John Scott. The trusses which span the Hall spring from stone corbels, the ends of which were carved by Alexander Mylne c.1630. Typical examples of subjects include castles and grotesque faces. The Scots Parliament appears in the records in the later 13th century. It met as a single body in one chamber: no distinction was made among the 'Three Estates', the clergy, nobility and burgesses which comprised the Parliament. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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