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Field Visit
Date 15 May 2002
Event ID 613832
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/613832
Keystone above entrance carved into an open book with inscription.
Margents (strips of floral and foliate forms hanging downwards) x 4, between 4th floor windows.
Inscriptions : On keystone book (in incised letters):
Holding / forth / the (on left hand page)
Word / of / Life (on right hand page)
Signatures : None
Design period : 1903
Year of unveiling : 1903
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN1371)
