Tours in Scotland 1747, 1750, 1760 . ao V •a crt U ?<« o -ac SB o KIllKW ALL. Ul The Choir only of three, one of tlie piUars in the (hoir on eachside is round with an ()cta<i()n j)hun Capital, the other scjuarewith a semicircular pilaster to the West, and there wjis a largepier for about the space of one arch to the East, to which j)ro-bably a Skreen w;t^ built between the Altar and the isle, wliich. East End of Kirkwall Church. according to the Ancient way might go round, ami so make theQuire part equal to the body ; for there is an isle on each side,and three arches are added to the Ea
Tours in Scotland 1747, 1750, 1760 . ao V •a crt U ?<« o -ac SB o KIllKW ALL. Ul The Choir only of three, one of tlie piUars in the (hoir on eachside is round with an ()cta<i()n j)hun Capital, the other scjuarewith a semicircular pilaster to the West, and there wjis a largepier for about the space of one arch to the East, to which j)ro-bably a Skreen w;t^ built between the Altar and the isle, wliich. East End of Kirkwall Church. according to the Ancient way might go round, ami so make theQuire part equal to the body ; for there is an isle on each side,and three arches are added to the East of the pillars com])osedof several pilasters which form a segment of a Circle, and havewhat I call the Corinthian (^othic Ca])ital of curled leaves. Itaj)pears that opposite to the Western arch of the old buildingon each side was a door from the North and from the South, a 148 TOUR THROUGH SCOTLAND, ITfiO. view of the Church from the \\ ;uul of the Ecist end are onthe other side [pp. 14(), 147]. The Choir is much in the same state as it was fitted up in15953 by Patrick Earl of Orkney, particuhu-ly the seat of theEarl and Bishoj), who accordin; to the best information I could«»;et, sat together, but this inscrij)tion ^ and tlie Earls Anns on ithas given rise to the story that the tyrant l*>arl who was be-headed, dispossessed the Bishop— ,SIC FV/r -ESTfT ERIT And opposite is
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