Statement in Reference to the Buildings of the University of Aberdeen
Author : Charles Gordon Lennox 5th Duke Richmond
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File Size : 35,40 MB
Release : 1865
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Author : Charles Gordon Lennox 5th Duke Richmond
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File Size : 35,40 MB
Release : 1865
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Author : University of Aberdeen
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Page : 40 pages
File Size : 10,79 MB
Release : 1865
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Page : pages
File Size : 21,71 MB
Release : 1894
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Author : Jane Geddes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 10,42 MB
Release : 2020-10-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1000107132
This new edition is a revised and expanded version of the book produced in 2000 to celebrate the quincentenary of King's College Chapel, Aberdeen. Since then, exciting discoveries have taken place and old ideas have been reappraised. The choir stalls and woodwork have provided a fresh seam of information about the meaning and use of the medieval chapel. Daniel MacCannell has identified new iconography in the stalls. Jane Geddes, prompted by the installation of the new organ, has investigated the original function and appearance of the great pulpitum or screen between the choir and nave and discovered the location of a magnificent lost organ loft. Mary Pryor and John Morrison have examined the great baroque biblical paintings and come up with a totally new interpretation of their iconography and function: a political warning to King Charles II. Easter Smart, the university chaplain, describes the flexible and ecumenical use of the chapel today. The revised edition appears in time to honour the quincentenary of the death of Bishop William Elphinstone, the founder of Aberdeen University, who died in 1514. This book aims to integrate his legacy to the chapel: the liturgy, music, architecture and fittings. Thanks to an unusually tolerant and conservative attitude towards religion at the university following the Reformation, the chapel has survived in a more complete medieval state than any other church in Scotland. The rich archive of university documents show how benign neglect and a fierce pride in their iconic building caused the university to maintain the structure and its furnishings even during the long centuries when it ceased to serve a religious function.
Author : John Bulloch
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Page : 242 pages
File Size : 34,79 MB
Release : 1903
Category : Genealogy
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Author : Peter John Anderson
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Page : 624 pages
File Size : 11,88 MB
Release : 1906
Category : Aberdeen (Scotland)
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Page : 576 pages
File Size : 36,41 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Books
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Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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Page : 892 pages
File Size : 13,88 MB
Release : 1914
Category : Bills, Legislative
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Author : Great Britain. Royal Commission appointed to visit the Universities of Aberdeen
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Page : 470 pages
File Size : 45,72 MB
Release : 1838
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Author : Scottish Universities Commission
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Page : 348 pages
File Size : 12,33 MB
Release : 1863
Category : Universities and colleges
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