The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland from the earliest Christian times to the seventeenth century; vol. 3/3MacGibbon, David
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The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland from the earliest Christian times to the seventeenth century; vol. 3/3
MacGibbon, David
Church architecture -- Scotland
[Illustration: FIG. 1151.--Seton Collegiate Church. Transept, looking
South.]
[Illustration: FIG. 1152.--Seton Collegiate Church. View from South
Transept, looking North.]
(see Figs. 1145 and 1150). The north and south end windows of the
transepts (Fig. 1153) are peculiar. They are of considerable size, and
[Illustration: FIG. 1153.--Seton Collegiate Church. Transept, from
South.]
each is divided into two compartments by a large stone mullion built in
courses, each compartment being filled with smaller tracery. Several
examples of this mode of treating large windows about this period may
be mentioned, such as King’s College, Aberdeen; Haddington Church, &c.
There is an arched recess under the two large end windows of the north
and south transepts (see Figs. 1151 and 1152), which perhaps at one time
contained monuments. A piscina occurs in the east wall of the south
transept (Fig. 1154), and another, supported on three heads, on the
north-west pier of the tower. Other monuments in the Renaissance
[Illustration: FIG. 1154.--Seton Collegiate Church. Piscina in South
Transept.]
style have been erected against the east walls of the transepts (see
Fig. 1151). An octagonal font (Fig. 1155), carved with shields bearing
the Seton and other arms, is placed in a temporary manner in the
crossing.
From the history of the structure it would appear, as above mentioned,
that the transept and tower were erected by Jane Hepburne (Lady Seton)
in the sixteenth century. The style of the transept is
[Illustration: FIG. 1155.--Seton Collegiate Church. Font at Crossing.]
evidently later than that of the choir, but the details of the
buttresses have been copied in the later part of the structure from
those of the earlier part.
THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF ARBUTHNOTT, KINCARDINESHIRE.
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