Fig. 1317.—Kinkell Church. Sacrament House.
ornamented with the usual monstrance supported by two angels, but the carving is nearly obliterated. Above this panel there runs a small crenelated parapet, supported by a double row of corbels. Immediately over the parapet is an oblong panel, which doubtless contained a Crucifixion or similar sculpture, but it is now empty.
To the right and left of the pinnacles are two panels, each containing a ribbon of different design. That on the left bears the inscription “Hic est Svatv,” and that on the right the words “Corps de Vigie Natum,” which may be read, “Hic est servatum corpus de Virgine Natum.”
On the base of the ambry are the letters Ano. Dni. 1528, in the centre Meorare, and on the right the initials A. and G. united by a cord. The letter G. also occurs at the end of the inscription in the right hand panel, and is probably a repetition of the last letter of the initials A. G.
Fig. 1318.—Kinkell Church.
Panel in North Wall of Church.
The base is supported on a continuous corbel carved with foliage, and has in the centre a shield, bearing a lion rampant.
The initials A. G. twice repeated and the date, together with the late style of the work, point to the sacrament house having been designed by Alexander Galloway, who was rector of Kinkell in 1528, and who was also the architect of the first bridge of ten arches over the Dee at Aberdeen.