The habit of an Augustinian canon
Looking at the south side of the church
The remains of the domestic buildings of the abbey were not excavated until 1936 and then further work was undertaken in 1986, including trhe moving of a road which had been built over the domestic buildings.
This garden in in the cloister.
Much of the stonework is in surprisingly good condition.
Some of the windows have retained their glazing (from the 1800s)
This river was the source of water for the abbey
St John the Evangelist
Scottish Episcopal Church, Jedburgh, was buit in 1843. It
was of interest to us because its interior was designed by William Butterfield
who was the architect of St Paul's Cathedral in Melbourne.
Not as impressive a lectern as soe we have seen!
The Pulpit - to enter it one has to go behind the curtain next to the organ, ascend the stairs, and emerge through the little door visible above.
The sanctuary. Some of the tiles on the floor depict to four evangelists:
St Matthew
St Mark
St Luke
The creation tapestries (each one
representing a day) were worked by Barbara Dalglish to a
design by Alex Beatie, and installed in 2015 as a gift to St.
John's on Rev'd David Dalglish's retirement. Not as impressive a lectern as soe we have seen!
The Pulpit - to enter it one has to go behind the curtain next to the organ, ascend the stairs, and emerge through the little door visible above.
The sanctuary. Some of the tiles on the floor depict to four evangelists:
St Matthew
St Mark
St Luke
From the sanctuary looking west
Originally, the organ was in the space above the porch
The Annunciation
Rosslyn Chapel is a 15th century building near
Edinburgh. Its architecture is considered to be among the finest
in Scotland and it did not disappoint. It was made famous
because of its part in Dan Brown's book "The Da Vinci Code" and
the movie which followed. The chapel has literally hundreds of
intricate stone carvings. Sadly, photography was not permitted
inside the building.
This memorial outside the chapel has six statues, representing some of the virtues:
"Patience"
"Faith"
"Hope"
"Love"
"Courage"
"Truth"
This is a carving of a camel!
One of the gargoyles
This carving depicts a farmer's wife saving a goose from a fox.
Another gargoyle (look at those teeth!)
Another view of above
And another view!
The outdooe section of the café has some pretty decent views!
This memorial outside the chapel has six statues, representing some of the virtues:
"Patience"
"Faith"
"Hope"
"Love"
"Courage"
"Truth"
This is a carving of a camel!
One of the gargoyles
This carving depicts a farmer's wife saving a goose from a fox.
Another gargoyle (look at those teeth!)
Another view of above
And another view!
The outdooe section of the café has some pretty decent views!
We then drove to our accommodation at
Falkirk (about a 20 minute drive from Edinburgh) and settled
in there. After a dinner at McDonald's, we went to have a
look at "The Kelpies"
which are just nearby.
Very impressive!
Very impressive!