The Crucifixion
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Crucifixion by James Allan as part of the Geograph project.
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The Crucifixion
Image: © James Allan Taken: 18 Apr 2016
Having somehow survived the iconoclasts of the Reformation time, this painting of the Crucifixion still hangs on the north wall of St Marnock's Church, Fowlis in Angus, a building that dates from 1453. The inscription on the frame of the painting is said to read '(They) built this Church to St Marnock; if you ask when (then) in 1453, because he (Lord Gray) had been on a pilgrimage to Rome, as one under a vow. But Thou (O Lord, have mercy upon me)...Amen'. The church is extremely rare if not unique in Scotland for its surviving paintings, rood screen doors and other furnishings.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.488243
Longitude
-3.102616