Fig. 1159.—The Collegiate Church of Arbuthnott. View from North-East.
(see Fig. [1157]) gives access from the aisle to a priest’s chamber on the upper floor, which Bishop Forbes, believing it to have been the place where the Missal referred to below was written, describes at some length.[107] It had a strong door, which folded back into a recess. The room is of the same size and shape as the aisle below, and is lighted with three windows with square heads, two in the apse, and one (the largest) looking towards the west (see Fig. [1157]). The latter is strongly guarded with an iron grating of the usual construction. The windows are fitted with seats like those commonly found in the castles. “There is a stoup for holy water at the
Fig. 1160.—The Collegiate Church of Arbuthnott. Interior of Chancel.
entrance, and a small ambry, ornamented with a single trefoil, probably for the reservation of the holy Eucharist.”[108]
Fig. 1161.
The Collegiate Church of Arbuthnott.
Piscina beneath Eastmost South Window.