. Controversial issues in Scottish history; a contrast of the early chronicles with the works of modern historians . St, I. QlTUATEDon the feacoaft, m the (hire of Fife, about 26 miles^ from Edinburgh. This View exhibits the E. windowof the Cathedral, which was dedi-cated to St. Andrew, founded by K. Alexander I. The canons werebrouglrt from Scone by Robert Bifhop of St. Andrews anno 1140. The length of the church was 370feet, and the crofs, from N. to ; the breadth 65, and its height 100 feet. In the year 1304, ac-cording to Fordun, Edward I. having undertaken the reduftion
. Controversial issues in Scottish history; a contrast of the early chronicles with the works of modern historians . St, I. QlTUATEDon the feacoaft, m the (hire of Fife, about 26 miles^ from Edinburgh. This View exhibits the E. windowof the Cathedral, which was dedi-cated to St. Andrew, founded by K. Alexander I. The canons werebrouglrt from Scone by Robert Bifhop of St. Andrews anno 1140. The length of the church was 370feet, and the crofs, from N. to ; the breadth 65, and its height 100 feet. In the year 1304, ac-cording to Fordun, Edward I. having undertaken the reduftion ofStirling, ftript this building of the lead, for conftru£ting the machinesufed in the fiege. This fabric was almoft totally deftroyed at the Reformati6n, but af-terwards repaired. Since the Revolution, it has been allowed to go toruin. The remams of the wall which furrounds the church is ftrongand extenfive, ornamented With turrets and niches, many of whichare very entire. Picturesque Antiquities of Scotland 527. St. II. ST. Rules Chapel, the fubjeft of this fecond Plate, asfeen firorathe eaft, is thought to be one of the moft ancient monuments ofChriftianity in Britain. The height of the fquare tower is 105 the top, there is a moll extenfive view of the fea coaft and neigh-»bouring country. By the common tradition, we are informed, that this Chapel was de-dicated to Regulus,sa Grecian Monk, who, in the year 368, broughtthither the bones of St. Andrew from Patras, a town of Peleponefus. Regimund^ the ancient name of the town, was given it from thisMonk. As an apology for the want of fufficient grounds for elucidating theantiquities of St. Andrews, all the archives belonging to this placewere, at the beginning of the Reformation, carried to France, and arefuppofed to be lodged in the Scots College at Douay. 528 Controversial Issues in Scottish History
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