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Glasgow Cathedral
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Where Mortal and Immortal Meet
Glasgow's thirteenth-century cathedral is the city's oldest building and one of Scotland's top tourist destinations. The cathedral remains an active congregation of the Church of Scotland and serves as the focus for many events of national significance. It is, however, many years since a comprehensive overview of the cathedral's history has been published. The standard work, The Book of Glasgow Cathedral, was compiled more than 120 years ago by George Eyre-Todd. Since then, the interior of the building has been completely transformed, thanks largely to the efforts of the Society of Friends of Glasgow Cathedral, founded in 1936 by the Rev. A. Nevile Davidson with the aims of "adorning and bea...
The Book of Glasgow Cathedral; a History and Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...Archdeacon of St Andrews. The Constitution of the Chapter was modelled according to the liberties and customs of Salisbury. This was done by Bishop William Bondington in the last year of his life, and with the consent of the Chapter. The Ritual of Sarum, compiled by Bishop Osmund in 1076, had been very generally adopted in many parts of England, Wales, and Ireland.' To ascertain the constitutions and liberties correctly, the Glasgow Chapter obtained from the Dean and Ch...
The Book of Glasgow Cathedral
Excerpt from The Book of Glasgow Cathedral: A History and Description Rental Book of the Diocese from 1509 to 1570, and furnished a valuable addition to public knowledge of the interior arrange ments and economy of the bishopric. And, to mention only one more of the many valuable state and municipal records which have been made accessible, the publication of Extracts from the Burgh Records of Glasgow must be acknowledged as throwing useful light on the later history of the cathedral. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
