Oratory of Queen Mary of Lorraine

Category

Library Item

Item no

728

Title

Oratory of Queen Mary of Lorraine and lintel and doorway in Blythe's Close

Description

A street scene set in Blythe's Close, Edinburgh, showing the Oratory of Mary of Guise. People are talking in the narrow road. A priest stands in a building by a panelled door and above a carved inscription, both of which are shown in more detail in the insets below. On the door there are heraldic shields and depictions of Mary of Guise and James V.

Artist / maker

Skene, James

Date

1827

Size

21 x 16 cm.

Type

Watercolour

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Blyth's Close and Queen Mary of Lorraine's (or Guise's as she was also known) oratory. There is an inset picture showing the four panelled door in more detail - two panels show heraldic shields and the other two depict James V and Mary of Lorraine. The third picture depicted the carved door lintel with the latin words "Laus et honor deo" carved above it which means "Praise and honor to God".

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