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THE

EDINBURGH MAGAZINE,

OR

LITERARY MISCELLANY,

FOR AUGUST 1796;

With a View of the CATHEDRAL CHURCH of Glafgow.

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State of the BAROMETER in inches and decimals, and of Farenheit's THER MOMETER in the open air, taken in the morning before fun-rife, and at noon; and the quantity of rain-water fallen, in inches and decimals, from August 1st to 31st, within one mile of the Castle of Edinburgh,

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THE

EDINBURGH MAGAZINE,

OR

LITERARY MISCELLANY,
FOR AUGUST 1796.

DESCRIPTION OF THE VIEW.

THI HIS venerable edifice, the moft complete piece of Gothic archi tecture in Scotland, was begun by John Achaius, bishop of Glasgow, in 1123, and confecrated in prefence of David I. on the 9th of July 1136, who bestowed on the church the lands of Perdeyk, now Patrick. The building was continued by fucceeding bishops, till fuch time as it was finished in the manner in which it ftands at prefent. The wealth of the See of Glafgow, however, was not fufficient for fo great an undertaking, fo that they were obliged to have recourfe to all the churches of Scotland for affiftance in it.

is a very large bell, 11 feet 4 inches in diameter. The principal entry was from the weft; the gate 11 feet broad at the bafe, and 17 feet in height. The weft end of the choir is now appropriated for a place of divine worship, and is divided from the remaining part by a ftone partition, which is inclofed by another flone wall parting it from the nave." It is impoffible to form an adequate idea of the folemnity of the place occafioned by the loftinefs of the roof, and the range of pillars by which the whole is fupported.

The nave of the church rifes four fteps higher than the choir; and on the weft fide food the organ-loft, formerly ornamented with a variety of figures, now defaced. The arched roof of the altar is fupported by five pillars, over which was a fine terrace-walk, and above it a large window of curious workmanship, now fhut up. On the north fide of the altar is the veftry, 28 feet square; the roof arched and fupported by one pillar in the centre; arched pillars from every angle terminate in the grand pillar, which is 19 feet high. The lower part of the fouth crofs, now used as a burying place for the clergy of the city, is the finest workmanship in the whole building. It is 55 feet long, 28 broad, and 15 high, arched and vaulted at the top, M2

The fituation of it is greatly to its advantage, as it ftands higher than any other part of the city, and, like most other churches built in times of popery, was intended to form a crofs, though the tranfverfe part has never been finished. The great tower is founded upon four large maffy pillars, each of them about thirty feet in circumference. The tower itself is twenty-five feet and a half square within; and is furrounded by a balluftrade within, which rifes an octangular spire, terminated by a fane. The tower upon the west end, and towards the right in the plate, is up on the fame level, but appears not to have been finished, though it is cov. ered over with lead. In this tower

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