Rosslyn Chapel
from the wickipedia
Rosslyn Chapel, properly named the Collegiate Church of St Matthew, was founded on a small hill above Roslin Glen as a Roman Catholic collegiate church (with between 4 and 6 ordained canons and two boy choristers) in the mid-15th century. Rosslyn Chapel and the nearby Roslin Castle are located at the village of Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland.
the green man inside Rosslyn Chapel
Rosslyn Chapel is such a small place
in a small town
you have to wonder
what sort of mysteryious energy
pulls people from all over the world
to visit
lucifer hanging upside down
return of the greenman
the first painting i did
after returning from scotland
foto by me
from the wickipedia
Rosslyn Chapel, properly named the Collegiate Church of St Matthew, was founded on a small hill above Roslin Glen as a Roman Catholic collegiate church (with between 4 and 6 ordained canons and two boy choristers) in the mid-15th century. Rosslyn Chapel and the nearby Roslin Castle are located at the village of Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland.
The chapel was founded by William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness (also spelled "Sainteclaire/Saintclair/Sinclair/St. Clair") of the Sinclair Family, a noble family descended from Norman knights, using the standard designs the medieval architects made available to him. Rosslyn Chapel is the third Sinclair place of worship at Roslin - the first being in Roslin Castle and the second (whose crumbling buttresses can still be seen today) in what is now Roslin Cemetery.[1]
The purpose of the college was to celebrate the Divine Office throughout the day and night and also to celebrate Holy Mass for all the faithful departed, including the deceased members of the Sinclair family. During this period the rich heritage of plainsong (a single melodic line) or polyphony (vocal harmony) would be used to enrich the singing of the liturgy. An endowment was made that would pay for the upkeep of the priests and choristers in perpetuity and they also had parochial responsibilities.
After the Scottish Reformation (1560) Roman Catholic worship in the Chapel was brought to an end, although the Sinclair family continued to be Roman Catholics until the early 18th century. From that time the Chapel was closed to public worship until 1861 when it was opened again as a place of worship according to the rites of the Scottish Episcopal Church.
there were over
100 green man carvings
inside the chapel
as well as Maze or Corn
images carved into the window arches
Henry, 1st Prince of the Orkney Islands
(and grandfather of William St. Clair, founder of Rosslyn Chapel)
most prolly voyaged to the Americas around
1398
well before columbus
the country side was beautiful and had an air of secrets to it
the sinclairs do have not allowd anyone to explore the chambers beneath the chapel..
.rumors are that the Holy Grail lies there, Jesus is buried there and that Elvis stays there on weakends
a green man carving on the outside
of rosslyn chapel
all sacred places need
monsters at the doorway
if you have read the Da Vinci Code
you wont be disappointed in Rosslyn Chapel