Tour Scotland Photograph Pulpit St Giles Cathedral Royal Mile Edinburgh

Tour Scotland photograph of a Pulpit in St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland. The pulpit carved by John Rhind in 1883 acts as a central focus depicting the six acts of mercy. John Rhind, born 1828, died 1892, was a Scottish sculptor, based in Edinburgh. He was born in Banff the son of a master mason. He was trained under Alexander Handyside Ritchie, born 1804, died 1870. He was master of the masonic lodge on Hill Street in Edinburgh from 1864 to 1868. He died on 5 April 1892 a few days after being elected an Associate of the RSA, and is buried in Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh with a monument by his son John Massey Rhind. He was the father of the sculptors William Birnie Rhind and J. Massey Rhind, and of the architect Sir Thomas Duncan Rhind.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Interior St Giles Cathedral Royal Mile Edinburgh

Tour Scotland photograph of the interior of St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland. St Giles Cathedral, also known as the High Kirk of Edinburgh, is the principal place of worship of the Church of Scotland in Edinburgh.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Stained Glass Window St Giles Cathedral Royal Mile Edinburgh

Tour Scotland photograph of a stained glass window in St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of a stained glass window in St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of a stained glass window in St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of a stained glass window in St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of a stained glass window in St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of a stained glass window in St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Holy Blood Aisle St Giles Cathedral Royal Mile Edinburgh

Tour Scotland photograph of the Holy Blood Aisle in St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland. In the Holy Blood Aisle you can light a candle and also write a request for prayer. The cathedral is named St. Giles after a sixth century Frenchman who became the patron saint of cripples and had many churches dedicated to him during the middle ages. He gained this patronage whilst living in a wood where he was friends with all the animals. One day a deer who had been shot by the King came running to him and he protected it.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Fortune Tellers Royal Mile Festival Fringe Edinburgh

Tour Scotland photograph of Fortune Tellers on the Royal Mile at the Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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