Good evening! Thanks for your comments for my yesterday pic, and a special THANKS for the favorite! There are pics that nobody should see except myself; all this crap I am doing before I have found the right POV or an interesting detail. Digital photography creates a lot of those lousy "test" shots. This pic here was taken as a "souvenir"; it was taken only for remembering... paper basket fodder... It was the yesterday comment from Psychoshida that changed my mind a little bit. This pic her shows the Rosslyn Chapel recently: naked, armed by workers constructions, an steady stream of people going in and out of this door. But what we can see behind this ugly pilars is very fine stonecarving work, damaged, but very fine, too. And the working platform for the restaurators is reachable for tourists, so we can have a look at the roof and, maybe, can look at the restaurators work... This is Rosllyn Chapel - UNPLUGGED today. When it is finished, it is an architectonical treasure again. This pic was done with my good old Nikon Coolpix, small enough to put it in the pocket of my jacket... Some history: The real name of this chapel is COLLEGIATE CHAPEL OF ST. ANDREWS. Its origin is Roman Catholic and it was founded for the Holy Mass of the Sinclair family and the inhabitants of the small village of Roslin or Rosslyn nearby. It had another function, too: Every hour the collegiates (maybe the priest novices?) should pray and sing here their hour prayers. The founds document came from Rome in 1446, but the construction works began ten years later, in 1456. The reason: The founder of the chapel, WILLIAM SINCLAIR, the 1st Earl of Caithness, built at first houses for his construction workers. This was very wise, because the construction of the chapel lasted very long. It lasted whole 40 years, to cover all parts of the chapel with this fine stonecarvings inside and outside. They are the best Scotland can offer, and we can be sure that the stonecarvers were the best of their age, payed well. The catholic Holy Mass was celebrated till 1560, when the Scottish Reformation began. The Clan Sinclair didn`t change its religion, they were catholics till the early 18th century, then the chapel was closed. In 1861 the chapel was re-opened as part of the SCOTTISH EPISCOPAL CHURCH - till today. It is in function recently, even under construction work and lots of tourists. And the Sinclair family is the owner of the chapel till today and protect its secrets. The crypt inside is asymmetrical and is older than the chapel, archeologists think that the crypt is a part of an much older building, maybe an old castle. The Sinclair family don´t speak about their secrets and it is not allowed to do archeological digging. It is their ancestor´s old burial place. Remembering the yesterday`s fiddle battle? It was the opening track from "Transatlantic Session 3". Yesterday I dug a little bit in the I-net and I got another fiddle battle - from "Transatlantic Session 4" - that means BRANDNEW!!! Four fiddlers battle against - looks and sounds like a team deathmatch, hi,hi.... SIR ALY BAIN and JENNA REID from Shetland (the yesterday bateleurs) against MAIREAD NI MHAONAIGH and STEWART DUNCAN from Ireland. The tunes have names, of course: The Teetotaler/Lorn MacDonalds Reel/Road to Linton - but they call it THE FIDDLE BLAST!!! Why? Decide for yourself.... CLICK HERE Hope you enjoy both; picture and music. Thanks for your comments and for your time wasting here in my gallery..... Goodbye from Berlin, Wolfgang ala billy cody! Copyright: devonfolk