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    • Saint Giles' Cathedral

    • Saint Giles' Cathedral

    • Most of the stained glass in St Giles' dates from the Chambers Restoration (1872-1883) onwards. The Life of Christ cycle at the east end of the church was made by the Edinburgh firm of Ballantine, and forms a continuous narrative over seven...

    • Detail, Life of Christ windows (ca. 1872-1883); Crucifixion
    • Saint Giles' Cathedral

    • Saint Giles' Cathedral

    • The Scottish saints depicted include Saint Andrew, Saint Giles, Saint Columba, King David, and Saint Cuthbert

    • Stained glass, Scottish Saints window, ca. 1903; center, top, Saint Andrew
    • Saint Giles' Cathedral

    • Saint Giles' Cathedral

    • Most of the stained glass in St Giles' dates from the Chambers Restoration (1872-1883) onwards. The Life of Christ cycle at the east end of the church was made by the Edinburgh firm of Ballantine, and forms a continuous narrative over seven...

    • Stained glass (ca. 1872-1883)
    • Saint Giles' Cathedral

    • Saint Giles' Cathedral

    • Most of the stained glass in St Giles' dates from the Chambers Restoration (1872-1883) onwards. The Life of Christ cycle at the east end of the church was made by the Edinburgh firm of Ballantine, and forms a continuous narrative over seven...

    • Detail, Life of Christ windows (ca. 1872-1883)
    • Saint Giles' Cathedral

    • Saint Giles' Cathedral

    • Most of the stained glass in St Giles' dates from the Chambers Restoration (1872-1883) onwards. The Life of Christ cycle at the east end of the church was made by the Edinburgh firm of Ballantine, and forms a continuous narrative over seven...

    • Detail, Life of Christ windows (ca. 1872-1883); Angel at the Tomb
    • Saint Giles' Cathedral

    • Saint Giles' Cathedral

    • Most of the stained glass in St Giles' dates from the Chambers Restoration (1872-1883) onwards. The Life of Christ cycle at the east end of the church was made by the Edinburgh firm of Ballantine, and forms a continuous narrative over seven...

    • Detail, Life of Christ windows (ca. 1872-1883)
    • Saint Giles' Cathedral

    • Saint Giles' Cathedral

    • The chapel is a small but sumptuous work for which Lorimer was knighted in 1911

    • Interior detail, Thistle Chapel, knight' s stalls topped by their swords, helms and crests, looking up to fan vaulted ceiling
    • Saint Giles' Cathedral

    • Saint Giles' Cathedral

    • Most of the stained glass in St Giles' dates from the Chambers Restoration (1872-1883) onwards. The Life of Christ cycle at the east end of the church was made by the Edinburgh firm of Ballantine, and forms a continuous narrative over seven...

    • Detail, Life of Christ windows (ca. 1872-1883)
    • Saint Giles' Cathedral

    • Saint Giles' Cathedral

    • The Great West Window, installed in 1985, is the work of the Icelandic artist Leifur Breidfjord, one of his largest commissions. It celebrates major themes within the poetry of Robert Burns, in a semi-abstract style

    • Great West Window, 1985, by Leifur Breidfjord
    • Saint Giles' Cathedral

    • Saint Giles' Cathedral

    • Most of the stained glass in St Giles' dates from the Chambers Restoration (1872-1883) onwards. The Life of Christ cycle at the east end of the church was made by the Edinburgh firm of Ballantine, and forms a continuous narrative over seven...

    • Detail, Life of Christ windows (ca. 1872-1883); Crucifixion and Ascension
    • Saint Giles' Cathedral

    • Saint Giles' Cathedral

    • Most of the stained glass in St Giles' dates from the Chambers Restoration (1872-1883) onwards. The Life of Christ cycle at the east end of the church was made by the Edinburgh firm of Ballantine, and forms a continuous narrative over seven...

    • Detail, Life of Christ windows (ca. 1872-1883)
    • Saint Giles' Cathedral

    • Saint Giles' Cathedral

    • Most of the stained glass in St Giles' dates from the Chambers Restoration (1872-1883) onwards. The Life of Christ cycle at the east end of the church was made by the Edinburgh firm of Ballantine, and forms a continuous narrative over seven...

    • Detail, Life of Christ windows (ca. 1872-1883); Ascension
    • Saint Giles' Cathedral

    • Saint Giles' Cathedral

    • Upon the death of a Knight, helm, mantling, crest (or coronet or crown) and sword are taken down. The stall plates, however, are not removed; rather, they remain permanently affixed to the back of the stall, so that the stalls of the chapel are...

    • Interior, Thistle Chapel (1911) with swords, helms and crests of Knights of the Thistle above their stalls (left, altar at right)

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