Rosslyn Treasury: Stories and Legends from Rosslyn Chapel
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (724 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071WNGGB6 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 306 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A collection of stories represented by the carvings at Rosslyn Chapel, drawn from the beginnings of the world, Ancient Egypt, the Holy Land, Celtic myth and Scottish history.
Five Stars JC Desmond Absolutely thought provoking.. "Four Stars" according to supermac5. Well researched.. Worth reading Very well written history of Rosslyn chapel, Its a very well told story about the building and its builders.
He has been a barman, office clerk, warehouseman, social worker, goatherd in Corsica, psychiatric nurse, and English and Drama teacher in the Rudolf Steiner School of Edinburgh. He is married with two adult offspring. . L. Snow was born in 1950. P
Winter 2009/10 'Peter Snow's Rosslyn Treasury picks up on the lore/legend theme in an eloquent celebration of Rosslyn as a place of story. 'Peter Snow opens up the spiritual treasury of Rosslyn as a medieval storybook for modern times. Eschewing pseudo history, he marries the stories and the symbols to delight and inspire.' -- Donald Smith, Director, Scottish Storytelling Centre 'Through giving examples of recent and intersting discoveries about the chapel, Peter Snow points out that it is still 'revealing its secrects'. With its mixture of tales and historical snippets I found A Rosslyn Treasury offered an interesting and entertaining way of learning a great deal