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Featuring black and white photographs of various pieces from around Rosslyn Chapel, this slim book is the perfect travel companion for those interested in the ancient tales the chapel tells. It includes descriptions of where to find each piece in the chapel before telling the story the piece symbolises.Rosslyn Chapel had captured the imagination of many in recent years, and has long been a place of pilgrimage for people with widely differing interests, whether historical, architectural or spiritual.This extraordinary building, which dates from the fifteenth century, is filled with eloquent carvings that illustrate biblical, historical and legendary tales - stories from the beginnings of the world, Ancient Egypt, the Holy Land, Celtic myth and Scottish history. They are collected here together in a book that is both fascinating and educational.