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ROSLYN CHAPEL.
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geometrical elevation : and some of them perspectively on Plate VIII. This Plate
shews some curious features deserving our attention ; a double pinnacle, the exterior
of which is smaller than the other : it is richly adorned with bands, forming a sort of
triple crown, and is connected with the inner pinnacle by two flying abutments;
another similar member unites the larger pinnacle with the upper part of the chapel,
at the angle of which is seen the base of another pinnacle, with ornaments resembling
some of those in Grecian architecture. Part of the upper cornice is also shewn.
This is charged with grotesque heads, and shields with letters. The figures on
Plate XI. refer to the ground plan, and point out the buttresses on which the pin-
nacles are placed.
The interior architecture is represented by Plates III. V. VII. and IX. Plate
III. is a sectional display of the south side of the centre aile, the two ailes at the east
end, &c. At the top are shewn five divisions of the semi-circular arched roof,
divided by four large ribs. The upper tier of windows are much mutilated, having
lost the mullions, tracery, &c.: but Mr. Gandy supposes they were very similar to
those below. Between every two windows were two canopies and a bracket, indi-
cating places for statues. Beneath this division is a range of five arches, separating
the centre from the side aile. These arches are elaborate in their mouldings and in
sculpture. At the S. E. angle of the chapel is a wreathed column, shewn in Plate
VII. popularly called the apprentice's pillar. A silly story is told respecting this:
that the master mason having received a model of a column from abroad, of a very
unusual form and character, thought it necessary to inspect the original before he
would execute one after the design ; during his absence his apprentice finished the
pillar, which was much admired. The master on his return heard many praises
bestowed on his boy, and in a fit of envious indignation killed him with a hammer.
Two heads in this part of the chapel are also said to represent the master and the
apprentice. One having a scar or indention on the forehead, and the other being
marked as an old man frowning, and of savage aspect. In this chapel are four altars
dedicated to as many saints: and one in the sub-chapel. Of arches there are more
than thirteen varieties to be found in this building: A flat or segment beneath the
roof of the ailes and over the door to the sub-chapel: semi-circular, in the vault of
the roof, and over the entrance doors: groined, acutely pointed, over the eastern
aile : flat-pointed, between the centre and side ailes : sharp-pointed in the lower
windows : ogee to the piscinas : flattened, and latest of the pointed style, inside the
door-way, south side : half segment, in the flying buttresses : counter arch, in the
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geometrical elevation : and some of them perspectively on Plate VIII. This Plate
shews some curious features deserving our attention ; a double pinnacle, the exterior
of which is smaller than the other : it is richly adorned with bands, forming a sort of
triple crown, and is connected with the inner pinnacle by two flying abutments;
another similar member unites the larger pinnacle with the upper part of the chapel,
at the angle of which is seen the base of another pinnacle, with ornaments resembling
some of those in Grecian architecture. Part of the upper cornice is also shewn.
This is charged with grotesque heads, and shields with letters. The figures on
Plate XI. refer to the ground plan, and point out the buttresses on which the pin-
nacles are placed.
The interior architecture is represented by Plates III. V. VII. and IX. Plate
III. is a sectional display of the south side of the centre aile, the two ailes at the east
end, &c. At the top are shewn five divisions of the semi-circular arched roof,
divided by four large ribs. The upper tier of windows are much mutilated, having
lost the mullions, tracery, &c.: but Mr. Gandy supposes they were very similar to
those below. Between every two windows were two canopies and a bracket, indi-
cating places for statues. Beneath this division is a range of five arches, separating
the centre from the side aile. These arches are elaborate in their mouldings and in
sculpture. At the S. E. angle of the chapel is a wreathed column, shewn in Plate
VII. popularly called the apprentice's pillar. A silly story is told respecting this:
that the master mason having received a model of a column from abroad, of a very
unusual form and character, thought it necessary to inspect the original before he
would execute one after the design ; during his absence his apprentice finished the
pillar, which was much admired. The master on his return heard many praises
bestowed on his boy, and in a fit of envious indignation killed him with a hammer.
Two heads in this part of the chapel are also said to represent the master and the
apprentice. One having a scar or indention on the forehead, and the other being
marked as an old man frowning, and of savage aspect. In this chapel are four altars
dedicated to as many saints: and one in the sub-chapel. Of arches there are more
than thirteen varieties to be found in this building: A flat or segment beneath the
roof of the ailes and over the door to the sub-chapel: semi-circular, in the vault of
the roof, and over the entrance doors: groined, acutely pointed, over the eastern
aile : flat-pointed, between the centre and side ailes : sharp-pointed in the lower
windows : ogee to the piscinas : flattened, and latest of the pointed style, inside the
door-way, south side : half segment, in the flying buttresses : counter arch, in the