Aberdeen, King's College, Chapel. View from West.
D 46745 CN
Description Aberdeen, King's College, Chapel. View from West.
Date 14/5/1999
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number D 46745 CN
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies G 83732 CS, SC 447202
Scope and Content West front, King's College Chapel, Aberdeen King's College was founded by Bishop Elphinstone in 1495 with the support of King James IV, hence the name. The college was a truly Renaissance institution with a classical humanist curriculum modelled on that of the University of Paris. The west front of the chapel has crowstepped gables and a large window of four lights. Adjoining it, a battlemented tower with four arched ribs supports a lantern and an imperial crown. The buttresses are decorated with coats of arms. Most of the college was built around 1498-1505. It had sturdy timber foundations on what was known to be swampy ground. The only original buildings surviving are the chapel and the Ivy Tower which formed part of the south-east corner of the old building. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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