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The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland (1909)

Billings, R. W. (Robert William), 1813-1874, Wiston-Glyn, A. W · Edinburg ; T.N. Foulis · leaf 108

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he whole ofthis work of art, as well as of the edifice in which it lies, is solemn and impressive,and this tone is somewhat heightened by the deep mystery in which its history isinvolved. Although it did not originally belong to the chapel, which indeed isevidently of a somewhat later date, yet its… … ANTIQUITIES OF SCOTLASD 387 it becomes pretty clear that many parts of the sculpture have been repaired ; and,indeed, from the picture in the Transactions of the Scottish Antiquarian Society,it appears to have been in a very fragmentary state in 1820. The whole beingcovered with a thick coat of…

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