View of Abbey Church and Manse from the West.
F 5173
Description View of Abbey Church and Manse from the West.
Date 1933
Collection Photographs by Lester Birley
Catalogue Number F 5173
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 366882
Scope and Content Original nave of Culross Abbey Church, Culross, Fife Culross Abbey Church was part of the Cistercian Abbey founded in 1217 by Malcolm, Earl of Fife. It was converted into a parish church in 1663, the rest of the abbey having lain derelict since the end of the 16th century. This is the 13th-century nave where the lay brothers, or conversi, would have gathered during services, separated from the monks by the stone rood-screen which was incorporated in the base of the tower, built when the nave was abandoned in 1498-1513. Lay brothers and sisters, or conversi, were low-ranking members of religious orders. Unlike monks and nuns, they did not recite regular Divine Offices. They performed most of the manual labour. Sometimes, they were little better than servants. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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