Historical And Descriptive Account Of Rosslyn Chapel And Castle
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M'Dowall's New Guide to Roslin; Being a Historical and Descriptive Account of Roslin Chapel and Castle, and Hawthornden
Author | : Thomas Macdowall (Bookseller in Edinburgh.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 38 |
Release | : 1848 |
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Rosslyn
Author | : Andrew Sinclair |
Publisher | : Birlinn |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2012-09-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0857904884 |
Rosslyn Chapel near Edinburgh has long exerted a powerful magnetism and mystery for people all over the world. The flamboyant Gothic church became a third Temple of Solomon for the Knights Templar, under the patronage of the St Clairs of Rosslyn. In the eighteenth century the Templars supported the Jacobite cause, and after the final defeat at Culloden, moved their radical Scots Lodges to America and France, where they played a powerful part in the revolutions in both countries. This book offers an enthralling trail through the rich tapestry of events witnessed by Rosslyn over the centuries. Andrew Sinclair, himself descended from Prince Henry St Clair, who could have taken the Templar treasure from the original vaults beneath Rosslyn Chapel to the medieval Newport Tower, Rhode Island, explores - and sometimes explodes - the many myths and misinterpretations that have grown up around Rosslyn, as the fortunes of the Sinclair family declined and the Church and Castle fell into ruin.
Publications of the Scottish History Society
Author | : Scottish History Society |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Scotland |
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The Statistical Account of Edinburghshire
Author | : Society for the Benefit of the Sons and Daughters of the Clergy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 834 |
Release | : 1845 |
Genre | : Edinburgh (Scotland) |
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A Contribution to the Bibliography of Scottish Topography
Author | : Sir Arthur Mitchell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 482 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Scotland |
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Rosslyn Chapel Revealed
Author | : Michael T R B Turnbull |
Publisher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 454 |
Release | : 2009-03-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 075248978X |
Rosslyn Chapel Revealed offers the reader an increased understanding and respect for one of Europe's finest pre-Reformation buildings. Rosslyn Chapel, with its fountains in the world of nature, still points bravely to the heavens. That there is mystery of the esoteric Gnositc variety, available only to the initiated few. Instead, it is knowledge, accessible to all, of the dynamic intertwining of the created world with the impulse towards self-fulfilment. Rosslyn Chapel Revealed shows that the chapel is first and foremost a Christian building, constructed in the traditions of the pre-Reformation Church for the celebration in word, gesture and music of the Divine Office and of the ultimate sacrifice Jesus Christ suffered on his cross for the salvation of the human race. The stunning beauty of the chapel, its unexpected delicacy and the uninhibited humour of its stone carvings, which have drawn visitors in such avid numbers from all over the world, are a tribute to the honesty and validity of the religious experience to be found within its ancient walls, in a breathtaking setting of valley and river that is older than time.