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English: Illustration by David MacGibbon and Thomas Ross of the south transept of St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, looking towards the crossing. The plaster vaulted ceiling and clerestory were added during the restoration of 1829-1833; in the wall of the tower is a window, below the arch of the original barrel vault, which was interrupted as the transept was extended in the 15th century.
Vicars of St Giles' Cathedral (1 P) Pages in category "St Giles' Cathedral" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
St Giles' Cathedral (Scottish Gaelic: Cathair-eaglais Naomh Giles), or the High Kirk of Edinburgh, is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in the Old Town of Edinburgh. The current building was begun in the 14th century and extended until the early 16th century; significant alterations were undertaken in the 19th and 20th centuries ...
Microsoft Windows Photo Gallery 6.0.6001.18000: File change date and time: 11:48, 30 August 2017: Exposure Program: Portrait mode (for closeup photos with the background out of focus) Exif version: 2.3: Date and time of digitizing: 10:58, 15 August 2017: Exposure bias: 0: Maximum land aperture: 3.4449320498301 APEX (f/3.3) Metering mode ...
The location of the Cross between 1617 and 1756. The current mercat cross is of Victorian origin, but was built close to the site occupied by the original. The Cross is first mentioned in a charter of 1365 which indicates that it stood on the south side of the High Street about 45 feet (14 m) from the east end of St. Giles'. [3]
The crown steeple on Newcastle Cathedral was erected in 1448. [1] The crown spire of St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh was erected in 1495, and rebuilt by John Mylne in 1648. [2] Another medieval crown steeple was built on the Chapel of King's College, Aberdeen (1500–1509), although this too was rebuilt in the 17th century, after the original ...
The interior of the Thistle Chapel, looking west. The Thistle Chapel, located in St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland, is the chapel of the Order of the Thistle.. At the foundation of the Order of the Thistle in 1687, James VII ordered Holyrood Abbey be fitted out as a chapel for the Knights.
Memorial to Sir James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair, St Giles Cathedral. Stair's major legal work, The Institutions of the Law of Scotland deduced from its Originals, and collated with the Civil, Canon and Feudal Laws and with the Customs of Neighbouring Nations, shows influences from his philosophical training, his foreign travels, and Continental jurists as well as English lawyers. [6]