Cullen church. Detail of female figure set in roundel.
SC 439206
Description Cullen church. Detail of female figure set in roundel.
Catalogue Number SC 439206
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of D 31465
Scope and Content Detail of tomb of Sir Alexander Ogilvie, St Mary's Collegiate Church, Cullen, Banffshire Already a parish church, St Mary's became collegiate in 1543. Collegiate churches had benefactors, in this case Sir Alexander Ogilvie, who supported priests whose principal duty was to say masses for the souls of the founders and their families. This detail of the elaborate tomb of Sir Alexander Ogilvie of that Ilk, who died in 1554, shows Ogilvie's wife, Elizabeth Gordon, with her hands clasped in prayer. The medallion is Renaissance in style and the pinnacle to the right, late Gothic. The nave and west part of the chancel survive from the original rectangular parish church The south transept, added in 1536, was endowed by Elena Hay. In 1543 the chancel was lengthened and the north transept was added in 1792. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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