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Letter from George Meikle Kemp to John Britton concerning the construction of flat arches in the side aisle of Rosslyn Chapel, with annotations by John Britton and J R Thompson, p.2. Verso
SC 2573957
Description Letter from George Meikle Kemp to John Britton concerning the construction of flat arches in the side aisle of Rosslyn Chapel, with annotations by John Britton and J R Thompson, p.2. Verso
Date 7/8/1839
Collection Collection of papers relating to Rosslyn Chapel, Midlothian, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 2573957
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AL 39/9
Scope and Content The letter gives a detailed description of the condition and construction of the flat arches in the aisle of Rosslyn chapel, which is accompanied by three measured sketches by Kemp: fig.1. shows a section through a flat arch as shown from above, fig.2. shows a vertical section of a flat arch looking from north to south through the chapel, and fig.3. shows a section of a flat arch looking from east to west through the chapel. A note to the right of the drawings by J R Thompson, the curator of chapel, criticises Kemp’s description as erroneous. Pencil annotations by John Britton relate to Britton’s use of Kemp’s description of the flat arches in his 1846 RIBA lecture.
Accession Number 2021/8
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