. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. tions are placed foliated circles. Similar workmay be seen at St Dunstans, Tain, and Fortrose Cathedral. The transepts had no side aisles, but they would bulk largely in anj^view of the building as they extended on each side from the centretower for a distance of 40 feet. Their length from north to southinside is 108 feet. The south wall of the south transept is especially interesting from itscontaining the oldest architecture in the Cathedral, and no doubt wasreally part of the original Church of the Holy Trinity. The v
. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. tions are placed foliated circles. Similar workmay be seen at St Dunstans, Tain, and Fortrose Cathedral. The transepts had no side aisles, but they would bulk largely in anj^view of the building as they extended on each side from the centretower for a distance of 40 feet. Their length from north to southinside is 108 feet. The south wall of the south transept is especially interesting from itscontaining the oldest architecture in the Cathedral, and no doubt wasreally part of the original Church of the Holy Trinity. The variousfeatures all show that it belongs to the Transitional Period betweenthe Norman and First Pointed, which in Scotland occurred about thebeginning of the thirteenth century. The form of the buttresses andthe introduction of the pointed lancet windows below the circulararches on the upper floor show that the First Pointed style wasmaking rapid progress, while the circular arches of the upper windows,and Norman ornaments inserted in the pointed doorway, show lingering.
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