Iona, Iona Abbey. Plan showing profile mouldings of doorway in West wall of North transept; South-West diagonal arch of cloister; entrance doorway of chapter-house & jamb of East window in chapter-hou ...

Description Iona, Iona Abbey. Plan showing profile mouldings of doorway in West wall of North transept; South-West diagonal arch of cloister; entrance doorway of chapter-house & jamb of East window in chapter-house.

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 369109

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of AGD 23/716

Scope and Content Chapter-house of Iona Abbey, Argyll and Bute The Benedictine abbey at Iona was built around AD 1200 on the site of St Columba's earlier monastery. It was altered and partly rebuilt in the 13th century and again in the 15th century. It became derelict after the Reformation of 1560. This drawing shows the profile-moulding of jamb (frame) of the east window of the chapter-house. It is moulded with chamfers (flat, diagonal sections), quirks (v-shaped grooves) and rebates (right-angled inset sections). The chapter-house forms part of the east range and is entered from the cloister. Originally dating from the 13th century, it was rebuilt at the end of the 15th. It was used as the meeting-place for the priests. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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