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The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century (1887)

MacGibbon, David, d. 1902, Ross, Thomas, 1839-1930 · Edinburgh : D. Douglas · leaf 524

An illustration from The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century, 1887, leaf 524 — unique, and is very effective.While the introduction of the buttresses is unusual, and rather foreignto Scottish work, the forms of the cornice, pinnacles, etc., are quiteScotch, and seem to indicate the attempt of a native architect to intro-duce a novelty, i-ather than the work of a foreign… … Fig. 4:33.—Falkland Palace. Interior of Hall. As already mentioned, the corridor along the inside of the courtyard(Fig. 434) was added by James v. On the plinth under each columnoccur alternately the inscriptions I.R.5.D.G. and MRIA.D.G., z.e. JacobusRex V. Dei Gratia and Maria Dei Gratia, the…

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