Publication Account
Date 1951
Event ID 1096053
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1096053
Built into the house at the junction of Dean Bridge and Bell's Brae is an isolated fragment from Dean House, evidently a companion piece to [RCAHMS 1951 No. 198] (3) above. This semicircular dormer-pediment of the17th century has a sculptured tympanum portraying a judge seated on a throne of justice, with the sword and scales in his hands and a lamb in his arms. On the front of the same building has been inserted a panel from a building which formerly stood in the village of Water of Leith below, and which was the property of the Bakers' Incorporation of Edinburgh. The two upper corners of the panel are occupied by cherub's heads, between which is a circular garland with a sun in glory at the top and scrolls at each side. From each side of the garland issues a hand and arm, with two peels or malt shovels crossed in saltire behind. The dexter handholds a wheat-sheaf upright, and the sinister one holds a pair of scales with an hour-glass between the pans and a wheat-sheaf on each side. On a scrolled cartouche runs the text: IN THE SWEAT OF THY FACE SHALT THOU / EAT BREAD. GEN. 3, VERSE 19 / ANNO DOM. 1619.
RCAHMS 1951, visited c.1941
