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	Rosslyn Chapel - Crystalinks
		Rosslyn Chapel, or the Collegiate Chapel of St Mathew as it was to have been, was founded in 1446 by Sir William St Clair, third and last St Clair Prince of Orkney.
		The Chapel was generously endowed by the founder, with provision for a provost, six prebendaries and two choristers, and in 1523 by his grandson, also Sir William, with land for dwelling houses and gardens.
		Rosslyn Chapel, originally named the Collegiate Chapel of St. Matthew, is a 15th Century church in the village of Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland.
	www.crystalinks.com /rosslynchapel.html (3554 words)

	Rosslyn Chapel, History, Hauntings and Mystical Connections
		Rosslyn Chapel is touted as being one of the most mysterious places in Scotland, especially with the current gloat of books purporting to show how hidden secrets lurk within every crack of stone at this venerated place.
		The chapel did not remain in use for long, great changes in secular activity during the reformation led to the provost resigning under threat of violence, and by 1592 the altars of the chapel had been smashed in accordance with the reformation and puritanical thought.
		The chapel was still seen as blatantly Catholic, and a target against idolatry, some of the interior carvings of the chapel were damaged during the rampage.
	www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk /majorsites/rosslyn.html (850 words)

	The Knights Templar \| Mysteries of Rosslyn Chapel - Part One \| www.templarhistory.com
		Although Rosslyn is officially known as the Collegiate Church of St. Matthew and is today an active Scottish Episcopal church, the chapel retains its special historic legacy for all to see and experience.
		Rosslyn was begun in 1446 -- much later than the dissolution of the Templar order (1312) and much earlier than the official beginnings of Freemasonry (1717), with the establishment of the Grand Lodge of England.
		Although Rosslyn Chapel was generously endowed by its founder, Sir William St. Clair, and by his grandson, by the time of the tumultous 16th century, the Reformation had a devastating effect on religious sites in Scotland.
	www.templarhistory.com /mysteriesrosslyn.html (799 words)

	Rosslyn Chapel, Scotland
		Rosslyn Chapel was intended to be one of more than 37 collegiate churches that were built in Scotland between the reigns of King James I and James IV (1406-1513).
		Rosslyn Chapel's founder is buried in the chapel's foundation.
		Rosslyn Chapel is the home of the famous Apprentice Pillar, a decorated pillar that gets its name from a legend involving the mason in charge of the stonework in the chapel and his young apprentice.
	www.sacred-destinations.com /scotland/rossyln-chapel.htm (1290 words)

	Rosslyn Chapel and the Da Vinci Code
		Rosslyn Chapel, the church near Edinburgh immortalised in the Da Vinci Code, is to invite wealthy benefactors to sponsor the refurbishment of its most famous features.
		Rosslyn Chapel, the Midlothian church which was highlighted in the blockbusting novel, saw an increase of 72% in visitor numbers in 2005 compared with the previous year, with 118,151 compared to 68,603 the previous year and just 37,199 in 2003.
		A descendant of the family that founded Rosslyn Chapel has condemned the trustees of the medieval church for allowing it to be used in the film of The Da Vinci Code.
	www.scottishchristian.com /rosslyn.shtml (4297 words)

	Rosslyn Chapel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Chapel is famous for two of its pillars: the Apprentice Pillar and the Master Pillar which stand either side of the Journeyman's pillar and have distinctly different carving.
		The chapel stands on thirteen pillars, forming an arcade of twelve pointed arches, a fourteenth pillar between the penultimate pair at the east end form a three pillared division between the nave and the Lady Chapel.
		In Rosslyn they are found in all areas of the chapel, with one excellent example in the Lady Chapel, between the two middle altars of the east wall.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rosslyn_Chapel (1023 words)

	Rosslyn Chapel book – Edinburgh, Scotland
		The author of Rosslyn Blood believes this to be true, on the evidence of an elderly friend who says that in the 1950s it was possible to access the vault by rope ladder from the Chapel by lifting up a floor slab, and that she has been in the vault and seen the Templar corpses.
		Rosslyn Chapel is a replica of the Temple of Solomon.
		Knight and Lomas's The Hiram Key advances the theory that Rosslyn Chapel is consciously built to the dimensions of the Holy of Holies in the Temple of Jerusalem.
	www.rosslynblood.com /rosslyn-chapel.html (1637 words)

	Rosslyn Chapel
		Almost nowhere is this human talent better demonstrated than at Rosslyn Chapel, a remarkable building overlooking a thinly-forested valley on the edge of Roslin village, a few miles south of Edinburgh.
		There are features of the chapel whose meaning has only recently been deciphered: in 2005 a composer deduced that the complex pattern of cubes in the chapel's ceiling represents the musical score of a medieval tune.
		Rosslyn Chapel lies at the centre of numerous other legends; some even claim that the Holy Grail lies buried beneath the building.
	www.andrewgray.com /britain/rosslynchapel.htm (1047 words)

	Rosslyn Chapel
		Their domain at Rosslyn was only a few miles from the former Scottish headquarters of the Knights Templar, and the chapel at Rosslyn - built between 1446 and 1486 - has long been associated with both Freemasonry and the Rose-Croix.
		Rosslyn is not a free interpretation of the ruins in Jerusalem; as far as the foundation plan is concerned, it is a very carefully executed copy.
		Bristling with flying buttresses and gargoyles in the highest Gothic style on the outside, the interior is carved with scenes from the Bible, the fall of man, the expulsion from the Garden of Eden, the birth of Christ, the crucifixion and the resurrection.
	www.stan-b.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /templars/rosslynchapel.html (3327 words)

	Murky History of Quirky 'Da Vinci Code' Chapel \| LiveScience
		While Rosslyn is clearly reaping the financial benefits of Brown's work, for the ₤6 price of admission, "Da Vinci Code" fans eager to explore the setting up close will learn there is more to the chapel's history than what's weaved into the storyline.
		Rosslyn Chapel was founded in 1446 by Sir William St. Clair, a Prince of Orkney and one of many in a line of St. Clairs with ties to Scottish Freemasonry and, as Brown suggests, Templar lore.
		With construction on the chapel occurring nearly fifty years prior to Columbus' discovery of America, some Rosslyn authorities point to this as evidence that a member of the St. Clair family may have traveled to the New World in the early 1400s.
	www.livescience.com /history/050928_rosslyn_chapel.html (697 words)

	Places to Visit - Rosslyn Chapel
		A number of the carvings at Rosslyn have Templar or Masonic connections and a sealed vault in the Chapel is said to contain religious relics.
		Rosslyn Castle began as a 14th century round keep which was extended in the 15th and 16th centuries.
		Confusingly, Rosslyn Chapel is located in a village called Roslin, which is only six miles south of the centtre of Edinburgh, on the A703 road to Penicuik (and eventually Peebles).
	www.rampantscotland.com /visit/blvisitrosslyn.htm (920 words)

	Rosslyn Chapel Guide - Tips for Visiting The Da Vinci Code Chapel
		Rosslyn Chapel is only one of the locations and attractions in Scotland to have become wildly popular after being used as a setting in a book or movie.
		Rosslyn Chapel is, in fact, built upon a blueprint of St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh which follows the common architectural style and structure for churches in those days.
		Rosslyn Chapel does have a sacristy on the east side that is accessible to visitors via steps.
	www.stuckonscotland.co.uk /edinburgh/rosslyn-chapel.html (781 words)

	Historical perspective for Rosslyn Chapel (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The name chapel which is popularly given to it is incorrect, for the building is simply all that was ever constructed-the chancel and Lady chapel-of what was intended to be the collegiate church of Rosslyn, erected on a cruciform plan after the usual manner of such buildings.
		At the E end is the Lady chapel, much lower in height than the rest of the building- the arched roof being only 15 feet from the pavement- and separated from it by a double row of three pillars.
		The burial-place of the St Clair family is in a vault underneath the chapel, the entrance being under a large flagstone between the N wall and the third and fourth pillars.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/features/featurehistory1055.html (3589 words)

	THE ROSSLYN CHAPEL , SCOTLAND
		Rosslyn Chapel was originally intended to be part of something much greater, the 'Lady Chapel' of a vast collegiate church, a full size cathedral on the French scale.
		The interior of the chapel is a fevered hallucination in stone, a riotous explosion of carved images and geometrical configurations pile on top of one another, flowing into one another, overlapping one another.
		Above the west door of the chapel, there is a carved head of a young man with a gash on his right temple.
	alandpeters.tripod.com /knightstemplarera1188to1312/id12.html (1616 words)

	VRMAG - THE DA VINCI CODE’S ROSSLYN CHAPEL
		Rosslyn’s famous stone carvings, many of which are the best examples of their kind in Europe, depict symbols relating to Old Testament text and characters, Freemasonry (the church is widely regarded as a site of international significance in the history of Freemasonry), and the medieval order of the Knights Templar.
		The docent at Rosslyn Chapel is giving a guided tour to Langdon and Neveu when he sees the rosewood box they are carrying and realizes that it seems to be an exact duplicate of a box owned by his grandmother, who is the head of the trust that oversees the chapel.
		The Guardian of the Rosslyn Trust is, in fact, Marie Chauvel, the wife of Jacques Saunière and Sophie Neveu's grandmother.
	vrm.vrway.com /issue25/THE_DA_VINCI_CODE_S_ROSSLYN_CHAPEL.html (1274 words)

	Rosslyn Chapel
		Rosslyn Chapel stands on the edge of the Esk Valley, with a gorge and a river below.
		Oliver Cromwell's troops used the chapel as a stable while they were besieging nearby Roslin Castle in 1650, however he caused no damage to the chapel.
		Rosslyn Chapel is situated seven miles south of Edinburgh on the A703 road to Penicuik
	www.scotlandvacations.com /rosslyn_chapel.htm (307 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| British Heritage \| Scotland's Mysterious Rosslyn Chapel (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Beattie, after all, is the project director for the Rosslyn Chapel Trust, and the chapel, just south of Edinburgh, has long provided a focus for all sorts of esoteric lore and the occasional eccentrics who pursue it.
		Rosslyn Chapel has been linked to everything from the Knights Templar to the lost ark of the covenant and the Holy Grail.
		He founded the town of Rosslyn (now Roslin) to house his workers, hired master masons at a salary of £40 a year and oversaw the creation of a beautiful gothic building with a profusion of carving.
	www.historynet.com /bh/blrossylnchapel (1052 words)

	Ancient Quest - Home Page
		Rosslyn Chapel is a beautiful, ornate 15th century medieval chapel near Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, built in 1446 by Sir William St. Clair, third and last prince (Jarl) of Orkney.
		Sir William, the brilliant founder of this magnificent chapel, appears to have been the Architect, overseer, and Works Master of this project, taking the utmost care regarding the building's design - he is known to have personally examined each carving in wood, before he allowed it to then be carved in stone.
		Hay, R.A. Fr., The Genealogie of the Sainteclaires of Rosslyn, Edinburgh, 1835;
	www.ancientquest.com /embark/rosslyn.html (985 words)

	Rosslyn Chapel Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		The chapel served as a family house of worship through most of the 1500s, though the St Clair's continued Catholicism after the Reformation in 1560 led to considerable tensions with the Kirk.
		During their attack on nearby Rosslyn Castle in 1650, Cromwell's troops used the chapel as stables, but left it otherwise unharmed.
		At the meeting of the South Aisle and the Lady Chapel is the stunningly carved pillar known as the apprentice pillar.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /roslin/rosslynchapel (865 words)

	Rosslyn Chapel - Scotland - British Council - China
		Rosslyn Chapel has been a place where people have sought to find secrets for hundreds of years amid the strange engravings and mystic symbols that cover almost every archway with numeric precision.
		FANS of The Da Vinci Code have been trying to dig their way into Rosslyn Chapel's ancient vaults to find the Holy Grail.
		Iain Grimstone, Rosslyn's visitor services manager, told visitors to the church recently: "We have had them inside the chapel trying to get into the vaults.
	www.britishcouncil.org /china-aboutuk-scotland-rosslyn.htm (301 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Rosslyn Chapel - Historian attacks Rosslyn Chapel for 'cashing in on Da Vinci Code'
		She condemned those who believed it was at the centre of a conspiracy and said the chapel, looked after by the Rosslyn Chapel Trust, perpetuated a false image to cash in on the popularity of The Da Vinci Code.
		She called for the chapel to be preserved in its intended manner, as a place of piety.
		Stewart Beattie, the project director for the Rosslyn Chapel Trust, said it was sometimes difficult to persuade tourists that the building was not exactly as Dan Brown depicted it.
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=542&id=658952006 (808 words)

	Rosslyn Chapel and Freemasonry. THE ROSSLYN HOAX?
		He is in the most privileged position to know ‘from the inside’ the truth about all the various theories regarding Rosslyn Chapel, Freemasonry, the Knights Templar and the St. Clair family.
		RC: These documents are crucial to the understanding of the origins and development of modern Freemasonry, the connections with the St. Clair family, Rosslyn Chapel and all associated subjects such as the Knights Templar.
		The Genealogie of the Sainteclairs of Rosslyn based on the manuscripts of Father Richard Augustine Hay and published in a printed form in 1835 by James Maidment, Librarian of the Faculty of Advocates in Edinburgh.
	www.freemasons-freemasonry.com /rosslyn_freemasonry.html (1969 words)

	ROSSLYN CHAPEL - The Apprentice Pillar
		The legend concerns the murdered apprentice with its overt references to the initiation rituals of ancient guilds of stonemasons which stretch back to the murder of Hiram Abif, the master mason, at the time of the building of King Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem.
		Thus, the murder of the apprentice at Rosslyn is seen as a symbolic re-enactment of the murder of Hiram Abif which, today, has immense spiritual and emotional connotations for the world-wide fraternity of Freemasons.
		Additional support for this puzzling story comes from the persistent tradition that before its completion, Rosslyn Chapel had to be re-consecrated.
	www.freemasons-freemasonry.com /rosslyn.html (593 words)

	Rosslyn Chapel and The Da Vinci Code
		Thanks to a controversial mystery novel, thousands of people from around the globe have been flocking to Rosslyn Chapel, a historic medieval church in the otherwise sleepy hamlet of Roslin on the outskirts of Edinburgh.
		Various authors have claimed to show that Rosslyn has become the resting place for a range of esoteric artifacts including The Holy Grail, the Ark of the Covenant, the lost Scrolls of the Temple and even the real version of Scotland's own Stone of Destiny.
		Whatever the truth of any of these claims, Rosslyn's visitor boom looks set to continue with The Da Vinci Code due to receive the Hollywood blockbuster treatment next year, taking it to an even wider audience.
	www.visitscotland.com /library/rosslyn_davinci (303 words)

	Scotsman.com Heritage & Culture - Watch our Rosslyn Chapel videos
		We hope you enjoyed the Rosslyn Chapel podcasts, the stories and plan to visit Heritage and Culture again.
		The chapel is thought to be a very good replica of "the Temple" at Jerusalam that is the "Wailing Wall replica you see, not an un finished mini-catadral at all.
		In Rosslyn chapel, the san greal is the code how the unknown cubes substitution establishes matter.
	heritage.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=611222006 (1606 words)

	Rosslyn Chapel
		Rosslyn, the rose of Sharon, the chapel of the heart, holds the key to the true teachings of Jesus Christ as He taught the inner circle of His disciples.
		Rosslyn Chapel has been thought to be an attempt by Sir William St. Clair to erect a replica of the Temple of Solomon.
		Buddhism is related to this chakra and the eight-petalled fowers and floriated crosses carved in Rosslyn chapel are reminders of the eightfold path of the Buddha.
	www.angelfire.com /wv2/jeansinclair/RosslynChapel.html (22548 words)

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