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South
Transept & Sir Adam
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When
you step right after leaving the tower vault you enter into
the south transept.
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The baptistry
in the south transept has the remains of the original groining
which was badly damaged during the 1828 alterations.
The early
medieval stone font which came from Gogar church was installed
in 1955. The bowl is roughly hewn and originally would likely
have been lined with metal. Gogar church lies a mile or so
to the west of Corstorphine but is no longer used for public
worship, its congregation having united with Corstorphine
Old Parish many years ago.
The large
south window is by Gordon Webster and replaced, in 1970, a
nineteenth-century memorial window. The theme is Baptism and
the Holy Spirit emanating from the enthroned Christ. Beneath
this window is a recessed tomb bearing an effigy of an armored
knight.
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figure is finely carved and although popularly believed to
be that of Sir Adam Forrester who died in 1405, it could well
be that of a succeeding member of that family, as the armour
is of a design and fashion attributed by experts to a period
some thirty years later.
The heraldic
panels beneath the tomb appear to relate more to Sir John
Forrester, his elder son, whose tomb is in the chancel. Adjacent
to the tomb is a credence table and a recess which was previously
the site of an altar into which a sculptured panel by Isobel
Reid has been set and above which has been placed a tapestry
by Dovecot Tapestries, Corstorphine, from a cartoon by Sax
Shaw.
On the
opposite wall is a six-ringed stone which at one time covered
the burial vault of the Watsons of Saughton which lies beneath
the floor in front of the transept. This memorial slab is
dated 1620 and has a long ; Roman-lettered inscription from
Ezekiel, Chapter 37 in the Authorised Version. The Watson
family were influential landowners of Saughton House and estate
in the parish of Corstorphine for approximately three centuries
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