This fascinating book provides a detailed and comprehensive study of the ecclesiological features of several Scottish islands, including the design and layout of churches, the role of clergy, and the use of liturgy and symbolism in worship. Drawing on a wide range of historical and contemporary sources, Muir provides valuable insights into the relationship between the Church and society in these isolated and often neglected communities. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from Ecclesiological Notes on Some of the Islands of Scotland, Etc Farne; Northumberland. - This, also called House Island, is the largest of the Farne group. As lying but a short way out, it can be easily visited from any neighbouring place on the Opposite mainland, the most convenient being Monkhouse, south-of Bamborough a mile or two. Readily procuring a boat at that place, and favoured by the weather, I was in no time - as my boatmen had engaged it should be - put ashore on what was, long centuries ago, the beloved home of the saintly Cuthbert. Of course all material traces of the devout hermit - his unfashioned oratory and unfurnished cell, rudely built Of unhewn stone and turf, and as rudely roofed with deal and bent - have long since passed away but respect for his memory, and reverential regard for the scene of his austerities and death, led in later times to the erection of two religious houses, one of which, the chapel of St. Mary, has nearly disappeared; but the other, measuring about forty feet in length, and of second-pointed character, still exists. Externally, it has a very homely aspect, and presents no detail more than three pointed two-light windows - two of them restorations - and an ogee-headed doorway in the south wall, and a three-light window, with tracery in the head, in the east end. By the introduction, in 1848, of oak benches and a range of Old carved oak stalls on each side, the interior has a very handsome church-like appearance. 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.

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