View of doorway to Sacristy. Digital image of G 90051 PO
SC 798316
Description View of doorway to Sacristy. Digital image of G 90051 PO
Date c. 1890
Catalogue Number SC 798316
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of G 90051 PO
Scope and Content Doorway to sacristy, Arbroath Abbey, Angus This view from the north, probably taken in the 1860s, shows the doorway from the choir to the sacristy which was added in the first half of the 15th century by Abbot Paniter. The sacristy was used by the monks for vesting, and for preparing for the Mass. Above it was a treasury, for storing valuables. Arbroath Abbey is particularly famous as the place where the Declaration of Arbroath was signed in 1320. This was the case made to the Pope by the barons and other leaders of Scottish society as to why the Scots should be free from English domination. Arbroath Abbey was founded in 1178 by King William the Lion. It was staffed by monks of the Tironensian Order from Kelso Abbey, the first Scots abbey of this order, which originated in 1109 at Tiron, near Chartres, in France. The surviving ruined church dates largely from the late 12th and early 13th century. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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