The monument of Bishop Cardeny in the south aisle of the nave, with
Fig. 979.—Dunkeld Cathedral. North-West Angle of Nave and Tower.
its recumbent statue (see Fig. [975]), its carved sarcophagus and arched canopy, is a good example of Scottish work of the fifteenth century. It is now much damaged, but the fine carving of the crockets and ornaments, and the sculptured figures of the angels bearing shields, are still fairly preserved. The arms on the shields are now so far decayed as to be with difficulty legible.[28]
A very fine altar tomb (Fig. [980]) still remains in the south side of the eastern part of the choir, now used as a vestibule to the parish church. This is the monument of the famous “Wolf of Badenoch,” son of Robert II., at one time a great enemy to the Church, and the destroyer of Elgin Cathedral. Having been compelled by the king to do penance, he received absolution at the hands of the Archbishop of St. Andrews, in the
Fig. 980.—Dunkeld Cathedral. Monument of the “Wolf of Badenoch.”
Blackfriars Church, at Perth. The monument dates from about 1394. It contains a massive figure of the “Wolf” in complete armour, with his feet resting on a lion. On the sarcophagus are carved a number of figures in armour, in different attitudes.[29] There is a mutilated headless figure, supposed to represent Bishop Sinclair, lying beside the “Wolf of Badenoch’s” monument; and other memorials of him are the engrailed crosses on the east and west gables. These are cut out of the solid stone, and have probably been renewed.
Nearly opposite Bishop Cardeny’s monument, against the north wall of the nave, there is one of those grave slabs (Fig. [981]) of which several