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View of East gable from East.

F 5077

Description View of East gable from East.

Date c. 1900

Collection Records of the National Art Survey of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

Catalogue Number F 5077

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 369425

Scope and Content Exterior of east end of St Andrew's Cathedral Church, St Andrews, Fife St Andrew's Cathedral Church and Augustinian priory were begun by Bishop Arnold and King Malcolm IV in 1160 or 1161 and, being constructed on a scale unrivalled anywhere in Britain except at Norwich, took at least half a century to complete. The large window of the east end replaced two rows of smaller windows during 15th-century repairs. To the left is the surviving portion of the south transept. The masonry to the right connects with the boundary-walls. Disasters suffered by St Andrews Cathedral include: 1270s - a storm demolishing its west end; 1304 - Edward I stripping the lead for his war-effort; around the mid 14th century - a serious fire; and in 1409 - a storm tumbling the south transept's gable. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Medium Glass negative

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/226642

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