Description
Rosslyn Chapel, eight miles south of Edinburgh, Scotland, has captured the imagination of many in recent years. This extraordinary building, dating from the fifteenth century, has long been a place of pilgrimage for people with widely differing interests, whether historical, architectural or spiritual.
P.L. Snow has for many years been gathering the stories that are represented by the numerous carvings inside and outside the chapel building. Many of the carvings, eroded by the years or damaged by vandalism during the Reformation, have been lovingly restored over time. They are eloquent illustrations of the biblical, historical and legendary tales that they represent.
This book traces themes of transformation and metamorphosis through inward endeavor, and will be fascinating for anyone interested in stories from the beginnings of the world, Ancient Egypt, the Holy Land, Celtic myth and Scottish history.
Author: P. L. Snow
Publisher: Floris Books
Published: 11/15/2009
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780863157103
ISBN10: 0863157106
BISAC Categories:
- Architecture | Buildings | Religious
- Body, Mind & Spirit | Occultism
About the Author
P.L. Snow was born in 1950. He has been a barman, an office clerk, a warehouseman, a social worker, a goat-herd in Corsica and a psychiatric nurse, before becoming a teacher of English and Drama in the Rudolf Steiner School of Edinburgh.