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General view.

SC 800119

Description General view.

Date c. 1890

Catalogue Number SC 800119

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of RX 893

Scope and Content Melrose Abbey, Scottish Borders, from east-south-east This view from the east-south-east, taken in about 1890, shows the east end of the presbytery (chancel) on the right, and the south transept on the left with its east aisle. This is the finest surviving piece of late Gothic architecture in Scotland. The transept was probably designed by a French master mason. A belfry was set on top of the gable of the south transept after the Reformation, as can be seen here. The tracery of the windows in the presbytery shows signs of English influence. The fragment of masonry above the transept is all that is left of the bell-tower of the church. Melrose Abbey was the first Cistercian abbey in Scotland, founded here in 1136 by King David I. Much of the abbey was destroyed in the 13th century, and it was rebuilt in a more elaborate manner between 1385 and the 16th century, though the west end of the church was never completed. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/800119

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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