Interior view of King's College Chapel, Aberdeen, showing choir stalls from South East.
SC 500669
Description Interior view of King's College Chapel, Aberdeen, showing choir stalls from South East.
Date 14/5/1999
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 500669
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of D 59901 CN
Scope and Content Choir-stalls, 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 university was a truly Renaissance institution with a classical humanist curriculum modelled on that of the University of Paris. The 52 Flemish-style oak choir-stalls were commissioned by Bishop Elphinstone. The stalls are finely carved with oak leaves, acorns, vines and grapes. The canopies above the stalls have a variety of fillings and crocketted pinnacles. The choir screen and stalls are a rare survival in Scotland of medieval church furnishings. They may have been made locally, possibly by John Fendour who had worked on the choir-stalls at St Nicholas, Aberdeen. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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