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Note for a lecture on Rosslyn chapel by John Britton concerning the ornamental carved decoration of the church interior

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Description Note for a lecture on Rosslyn chapel by John Britton concerning the ornamental carved decoration of the church interior

Date c. 1845 to 1846

Collection Collection of papers relating to Rosslyn Chapel, Midlothian, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 2581602

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of AL 39/26

Scope and Content This was likely prepared for Britton’s RIBA lecture delivered on the 12 January 1846. The note discusses the disparate influences on the design of the ornamental stonework in the interior of the chapel and suggests that the masons which worked on these designs may have been hired from abroad. Britton additionally notes the apocryphal story of the apprentice’s pillar.

Accession Number 2021/8

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/2581602

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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Collection Level (551 768) Collection of papers relating to Rosslyn Chapel, Midlothian, Scotland

Batch Level (551 768/1) Album of papers relating to Rosslyn Chapel, Midlothian, Scotland

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