Holyrood Chapel, Edinburgh, in Picturesque Scotland: Its Romantic Scenes & Historical Associations Described in Lay and Legend, Song and Story, p. 9, "Edina, Scotia's Darling Seat." 14.2 cm high by 8.9 cm wide, or 3 ½ inches by 5 ½ inches, framed.
Text Illustrated: The Iconic Chapel
Holyrood, once the scene of many a merry gathering, knows nothing of its old grandeur, scarcely recognising it even in the sows and levees of the "Lord High Commissioner" during the sittings of the General Assembly of th Church of Scotland: and the squalid courts of the Canongate and the grimy closes of the High Street tell only by carved doorways here, and chiselled coats-of-arms there, of the days that have been. [10]
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Bibliography
Watt, Francis M., and Andrew Carter. "From Castle to Palace." Picturesque Scotland: Its Romantic Scenes & Historical Associations Described in Lay and Legend, Song and Story.. London: John M. Murdoch [1887?], pp. 22-30.
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