Aberdeen, King's College, Chapel. Detail of armorial panel on South buttress of West face of tower.
D 46784
Description Aberdeen, King's College, Chapel. Detail of armorial panel on South buttress of West face of tower.
Date 14/5/1999
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number D 46784
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies G 83738 CS, SC 2520295, SC 447193
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. These are the Royal Arms of Scotland which are on the central buttress of the tower. They are flanked on the left buttress by the arms of Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV and on the right by the arms of the King's illegitimate son, Alexander Stewart. The chapel is a long narrow building with a tower at the south-west corner, surmounted with a crown spire. The core of the college was built around 1498-1505. Huge rafts of oak had to be sunk to secure its foundation on the marshy ground. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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