The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland (1845)
Billings, Robert William, 1813-1874 · Edinburgh, London, Pub. for the author by W. Blackwood and sons · leaf 69
supporting pillars are circular with the stunted hard Norman capital, and the arches are semi-circular. The cylindrical shafts of the easternmost arch on either side are adorned by large zigzags.Belonging to the purely Norman department of the architecture, is the strongly marked arcaderepresented… … PALACE, ABBEY AND CHURCH OF DUNFERMLINE. HISTORICAL SKETCH. From an early period Dunfermline appears to have been a favourite residence of the ScottishKings. Fordun states that the marriage of Malcolm III. to his sainted Queen, was there cele-brated in 1070, and he mentions it as a rocky spot, well…
Architecture · Church architecture
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