?????? St Giles Cathedral Second picture from the trip to Scotland is my first…
Second picture from the trip to Scotland is my first attempt at a vertical pano.
I had this vision in my head for a while and wanted a striking cathedral roof to do it with. St Giles' Cathedral Thistle Chapel was perfect, as you can see.
The most striking part of this feature to me was the heron sigil at the top of the roof that was a biblical metaphor, it's right at the very top of the photo and depicts a heron biting out it's own heart to feed to its young.
The Thistle Chapel is the chapel of The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Scotland's foremost Order of Chivalry. The chapel was conceived in 1909 and built in 1911 to designs by Robert Lorimer, at the south-east corner of the church. It is small, but exquisite, with carved and painted fittings of extraordinary detail. One figure depicts an angel playing bagpipes. The Order, which was founded by King James VII in 1687, consists of the Scottish monarch and 16 knights. The knights are the personal appointment of the monarch, and are normally Scots who have made a significant contribution to national or international affairs. Knights have included Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Mackay of Clashfern and Sir Fitzroy Maclean.
Along the chapel's sides are the knights’ stalls. These stalls, which feature the knight's coat of arms on stall plates, are capped by elaborately carved canopies atop which are the knight's heraldic helm and crest. Unlike most other British orders of chivalry, the heraldic banners of knights do not hang inside the chapel itself but in a dedicated section within the cathedral.
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??????? St Giles Cathedral
Second picture from the trip to Scotland is my first attempt at a vertical pano.
I had this vision in my head for a while and wanted a striking cathedral roof to do it with. St Giles’ Cathedral Thistle Chapel was perfect, as you can see.
The most striking part of this feature to me was the heron sigil at the top of the roof that was a biblical metaphor, it’s right at the very top of the photo and depicts a heron biting out it’s own heart to feed to its young.
The Thistle Chapel is the chapel of The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Scotland’s foremost Order of Chivalry. The chapel was conceived in 1909 and built in 1911 to designs by Robert Lorimer, at the south-east corner of the church. It is small, but exquisite, with carved and painted fittings of extraordinary detail. One figure depicts an angel playing bagpipes. The Order, which was founded by King James VII in 1687, consists of the Scottish monarch and 16 knights. The knights are the personal appointment of the monarch, and are normally Scots who have made a significant contribution to national or international affairs. Knights have included Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Mackay of Clashfern and Sir Fitzroy Maclean.
Along the chapel’s sides are the knights’ stalls. These stalls, which feature the knight’s coat of arms on stall plates, are capped by elaborately carved canopies atop which are the knight’s heraldic helm and crest. Unlike most other British orders of chivalry, the heraldic banners of knights do not hang inside the chapel itself but in a dedicated section within the cathedral.
#YourScotland #hiddenscotland #thisisscotland #scotland #lovescotland #scotlandscenery #scotlandhighlands #historicscotland #scotlandshots #visitscotland #moodygrams #getoutside #earth_shotz #artofvisuals #bbc #bbcearth #roamtheplanet #ig_today #exeptional_pictures #ukpotd #ukshooters #globalcapture #depthsofearth #lensbible #master_shots #beautifuldestination
