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
The north-west tower is simple and good in design. According to Abbot
Myln’s account, it was not founded till 1469, and in style is good for
the period. The windows of the ground floor and top story are well
designed, and quite equal to the rest of the church. The ground floor is
vaulted, and has been painted in a handsome manner, part of the painting
being still preserved.
The monument of Bishop Cardeny in the south aisle of the nave, with
[Illustration: FIG. 979.--Dunkeld Cathedral. North-West Angle of Nave
and Tower.]
its recumbent statue (see Fig. 975), its carved sarcophagus and arched
canopy, is a good example of Scottish work of the fifteenth century. It
is now much damaged, but the fine carving of the crockets and ornaments,
and the sculptured figures of the angels bearing shields, are still
fairly preserved. The arms on the shields are now so far decayed as to
be with difficulty legible.[28]
A very fine altar tomb (Fig. 980) still remains in the south side of the
eastern part of the choir, now used as a vestibule to the parish church.
This is the monument of the famous “Wolf of Badenoch,” son of Robert
II., at one time a great enemy to the Church, and the destroyer of Elgin
Cathedral. Having been compelled by the king to do penance, he received
absolution at the hands of the Archbishop of St. Andrews, in the
[Illustration: FIG. 980.--Dunkeld Cathedral. Monument of the “Wolf of
Badenoch.”]
Blackfriars Church, at Perth. The monument dates from about 1394. It
contains a massive figure of the “Wolf” in complete armour, with his
feet resting on a lion. On the sarcophagus are carved a number of
figures in armour, in different attitudes.[29] There is a mutilated
headless figure, supposed to represent Bishop Sinclair, lying beside the
“Wolf of Badenoch’s” monument; and other memorials of him are the
engrailed crosses on the east and west gables. These are cut out of the
solid stone, and have probably been renewed.
Nearly opposite Bishop Cardeny’s monument, against the north wall of the
nave, there is one of those grave slabs (Fig. 981) of which several
[Illustration: FIG. 981.--Dunkeld Cathedral. Grave Slab.]
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