Aberdeen, King's College, Chapel. Detail of inscription on West gable.
D 46786
Description Aberdeen, King's College, Chapel. Detail of inscription on West gable.
Date 14/5/1999
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number D 46786
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies G 83737 CS, SC 2520296, SC 447200
Scope and Content 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. This inscription on the west wall of the chapel, its original Gothic lettering now in gold, records the beginning of the building work in 1500. The master mason is unknown but it may have been Alexander Grey, who had been working at St Giles, Edinburgh. Most of the college was built around 1498-1505. It had timber foundations built 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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