Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland . locks each ribbed afleur-de-lys or a quatre-feniUe;The corbells are carved grotesque and the pillars with clusterd shafts so base and with capital flourishd bundles of lances which garlands have bound. The outside of the fabric is everywhere profusely embellishedwith niches, having canopies of an elegant design beautifullycarved, and some of them still containing statues. The cloisters formed a quadrangle on the north-west side ofthe church. The door of entrance from the cloisters to thechurch is on the north sid
Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland . locks each ribbed afleur-de-lys or a quatre-feniUe;The corbells are carved grotesque and the pillars with clusterd shafts so base and with capital flourishd bundles of lances which garlands have bound. The outside of the fabric is everywhere profusely embellishedwith niches, having canopies of an elegant design beautifullycarved, and some of them still containing statues. The cloisters formed a quadrangle on the north-west side ofthe church. The door of entrance from the cloisters to thechurch is on the north side, close by the west wall of the tran-sept, and is exquisitely carved. The foliage upon the capitalsof the pilasters on each side is so nicely chiselled, that a strawcan be made to penetrate through the interstices between theleaves and stalks. The best views of the Abbey are obtained * Lav of the Last Minstrel. me:.rose abbey. 101 from the south-east corner of the church-yard, and from •rounds of Prior Bank (William Tait, Esq.). Within the Abbey lie the remains of many a gallant vvaniorand venerable priest. A large slab of polished marble, of agreenish black-colour, with petrified shells imbedded in it, isbelieved to cover the dust of Alexander II., who was interredbeside the high altar under the east window. Here, also, the 102 MELROSE ABBEY. heart of King Robert Bruce is supposed to have been deposited,after Douglas had made an unsuccessful attempt to carry it tothe Holy Land. Many of the powerful family of Douglas wereinterred in this church : among these were James, second Earlof Douglas, who fell at the celebrated battle of Otterburn ;and William Douglas, the dark knight of Liddisdale, whotarnished his laurels by the barbarous murder of his companionin arms, the gallant Sir Alexander Ramsay, and was himselfkilled by his god-son and chief, William Earl of Douglas,while hunting in Ettrick Forest Their tombs, which occu-pied two crypts near the high altar, were defac
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