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218 218 ARCHITECTURE OF SCOTLAND. Paet II. vaulting in a sim])lei' form, but equally foreign and unlike the usual form of vaults in Scotland. Another very interesting chapel of the same class is that now used as the church at Bothwell, near Glasgow. Like Roslyn, it has the peculiarity unknown in England, though common in the South of France, of a tunnel-vault with a stone roof resting directly upon it. It is not large, measuring only 53 feet by 22, internally. The beauty of its details, however — late in the 14th century — and the simplicity of its outline, combined M'ith the solidity of its stone roof, impart to the whole an air of grandeur far greater than its dimen- sions would justify. Had it been constriicted with a timber roof, as usual in churches of its date, it would hardly be considered remarkable, but it is re- deemed both internally and externally by its stone roof. As will be seen from Wood- cut No. 652, the arrange- ment of the stones forming the roof is very elegant, and gave rise to a form of battle- ment frequently found after- wards in Scotland, though generally used only as an ornament. 1 The chapel attached to the palace at Holyrood is of a vei'y different character from that at Roslyn ; being infinitely more beautiful, though not nearly so curious. The building was originally founded by David I., in 1128, but wdiat now remains belongs to the latter end of the 13th or beginning of the 14th century, and has all the elegance of the Edwardian style joined to a massiveness which in England would indicate a far earlier period. Some of its details (as that shown, Woodcut No. 653) are of a beautiful transitional 651. Stone Roof of Bothwell Church. (From a Drawing by J. Honeynian, jun.) 652. Exterior of Koof of Bothwell Church. ^ For the drawings and information j debted to Mr. John Honeyman, jun., regarding Bothwell Church, I am in- 1 architect, of Glasgow.