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of arms which now adorn this side of the chapel had been nearly all on the walls of the library, and, having escaped the fire, were, along with some others, inserted in the new granite work. These arms, along with many other coats throughout the building and the college, have been minutely described.[1] We need only mention here the arms of the founder of the college, Bishop William Elphinston, which occur at the west end of the south side of the chapel, viz., a chevron between three boars' heads

Fig. 1209.—King's College Chapel. South Side.

erased, surmounted by a mitre between the initials W. E. and "at sides O. B. A. D. MDXIV. Æ.S. LX (XX) IV." The royal arms occur on the north-*most buttress of the west front of the tower, dated 1504, while those of Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV., appear on another shield in the west

  1. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, New Series, Vol. XI., by P. J. Anderson, M.A., LL.B.