Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Tour Scotland photograph the East Window of the Quire in the Cathedral in Glasgow, Scotland. The great East Window was installed in 1951 and shows the four Evangelists, St. Matthew, St. mark, St. Luke and St. John each with his traditional emblem. It is by Francis Spear.
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Tour Scotland travel photograph of a pulpit in the Quire of the Cathedral on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Glasgow. A choir, also sometimes called quire, is the area of a church or cathedral that provides seating for the clergy and church choir. It is in the western part of the chancel between the nave and the sanctuary which houses the altar and Church tabernacle. In larger medieval churches it contained choir stalls, seating aligned with the side of the church, so at right angles to the seating for the congregation in the nave, of which there would have been little if any in the Middle Ages. Smaller medieval churches may not have a choir in the architectural sense at all, and they are often lacking in churches built by all denominations after the Protestant Reformation, though the Gothic Revival revived them as a distinct feature.
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Tour Scotland photograph of the Quire, Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow, Scotland. The Quire dates from the middle of the 13th century. The seating is arranged with the pews facing east in manner of Reformed worship. These pews, together with the carved stalls in the in the north and south aisles were originally installed between 1851 and 1856. A quire, is the area of a church or cathedral that provides seating for the clergy and church choir. It is in the western part of the chancel between the nave and the sanctuary which houses the altar and Church tabernacle. In larger medieval churches it contained choir stalls, seating aligned with the side of the church, so at right angles to the seating for the congregation in the nave.
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Tour Scotland travel photograph of a Bible in the Nave of Glasgow Cathedral, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Glasgow. Beyond the Bible is the Quire Screen which virtually hides the Quire from the Nave. It dates probably from the 15th century. It is the only screen of its kind left in any secular, non-monastic, church of pre-Reformation date in Scotland. While several early editions of the King James New Testament were published in Scotland it was not until 1633 that the first complete King James Bible was published. It coincided with coronation of King Charles I in Edinburgh.
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Tour Scotland photograph of flowers in Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow, Scotland. The history of the cathedral is linked with that of the city, and is allegedly located where the patron saint of Glasgow, Saint Mungo, built his church. The tomb of the saint is in the lower crypt. Sir Walter Scott's novel Rob Roy gives an account of the kirk. King James IV ratified the treaty of Perpetual Peace with England at the high altar on 10 December 1502. The cathedral and the nearby castle played a part in the battles of Glasgow in 1544 and 1560.
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