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ROSLIJT.
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At the Revolution of 1688, part of it was defaced by a mob from
Edinburgh, but it was repaired in the following century by
General St. Clair; and a restoration of its more dilapidated
INTERIOR OF ROSLIN CHAPEL.
parts has recently been made by the present Earl. “This
building,” says Mr. Britton, “may be pronounced unique, and
I am confident it will be found curious, elaborate, and singularly
interesting. The Chapel of King’s College, St. George, and
Henry YII., are all conformable to the styles of the respective
ages when they were erected ; and these styles display a gradual
advancement in lightness and profusion of ornament; but the
Chapel op Roslxn combines the solidity of the Norman with
the minute decorations of the latest species of the Tudor age.
It is impossible to designate the architecture of this building
by any given or familiar term ; for the variety and eccentricity
of its parts are not to be defined by any words of common