. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. provement on the later Norman, the crypt andchoir of Glasgow cathedral, built between 1188and 1197, the nave of Dunblane cathedral, Kil-winning abbey, the ruined abbey of Dryburgh,and the chancel of St. Blanes, Bute, already men-tioned, are fine examples. Subsequently the ec-clesiastical architectuie of Scotland assumed asomewhat different style from that of England,and became more distinctive and peculiar in itscharacter. The magnificent abbey of Aberbroth-wick, which wa
. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. provement on the later Norman, the crypt andchoir of Glasgow cathedral, built between 1188and 1197, the nave of Dunblane cathedral, Kil-winning abbey, the ruined abbey of Dryburgh,and the chancel of St. Blanes, Bute, already men-tioned, are fine examples. Subsequently the ec-clesiastical architectuie of Scotland assumed asomewhat different style from that of England,and became more distinctive and peculiar in itscharacter. The magnificent abbey of Aberbroth-wick, which was founded by William the Lion in1178, and which furnishes a most interesting spe-cimen of the early Scottish Gothic, is thought tomark the historic epoch in which the native styleshad theu rise. IWilsons Archceologi/, p. 618.]As an illustration of the progi-essive character ofScottish architectm-e, and the slow rate at whichecclesiastical structures in that age were erected,the reader is presented with the following view ofThe North Aisle of the Nave of DunfermlineAbbey, looking west. ALEXANDER ni. 103 ALEXANDICK The architectural distinctions which are hereobservable indicate a difference of ages iu tlie stylesadopted as well as in the periods of erection. Thenave is the only portion of the original abbeychurch which remains. At the time of the removalof the relics of the sainted queen Margaret, in thebeginning of the reign of Alexander the Third, asalready related (see p. 81) the choir was remodel-led according to the prevailing first pointed styleof the thirteenth century, and on this occasion thenave also must have undergone some modifiea;tions. The interior of the nave is thus refen-ed toin Billings Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiqui-ties of Scotland, article Dunfermline: Towardsthe western extremity the clustered pillar supportsthe deeply moulded pointed arch,—this laterstyle probably indicating the period wlicn the newchurch was reliuilt, — while further on, v
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