Melrose (Moonlight) [St Mary's Abbey, Melrose is a partly ruined monastery of the Cistercian order in Melrose, Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. It was founded in 1136 by Cistercian monks at the request of King David I of Scotland and was the chief house of that order in the country until the Reformation. It was headed by the abbot or commendator of Melrose. Today the abbey is maintained by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument]. from the book The theory and practice of landscape painting in water-colours illustrated by a series of twenty-six drawings and diagrams in colo

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Melrose (Moonlight) [St Mary's Abbey, Melrose is a partly ruined monastery of the Cistercian order in Melrose, Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. It was founded in 1136 by Cistercian monks at the request of King David I of Scotland and was the chief house of that order in the country until the Reformation. It was headed by the abbot or commendator of Melrose. Today the abbey is maintained by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument]. from the book The theory and practice of landscape painting in water-colours illustrated by a series of twenty-six drawings and diagrams in colours and numerous woodcuts by Barnard, George, 1807-1890 Published in 1885 by George Routledge and Sons London

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