Sir Richard Arcos talks about Rosslyn

Further research has picked up this little gem from James Jackson of Penicuik.It seems there may have been a treasure at Rosslyn, consisting of ancient manuscripts. No surprise here, after all Rosslyn was a Collegiate church. In 1836, an Italian Count by the name of Poli removed this treasure from Rosslyn and went back to Italy with it. The great joke is that these manuscripts are now to be found in the Vatican Library! And no, these have nothing whatsoever to do with Mary Magdalen, but they do include a history of Scotland from the creation of the world to 1535. The reference to trunks seems to have come from a reference to the St. Clair Archives, kept at the Castle until a great fire in 1447 forced their removal to the chapel. Oh, and the reason why Rosslyn chapel has a gaunt West Front is that it is the CHANCEL of a much larger building that was never finished. Sort of like the castle, although this has been hidden somewhat by later Victorian builders. Equally, it has 0 to do with the Templars, who had been dissolved prior to its erection (although, as noted, the Scottish Templars just melted away). Just down the road there is a real Templar Church, located in a village with the give-away name of Temple. Just like every Templar church in Wales, this church is a plain rectangle and contains no references to the Sacred Feminine, except to a loony. Although it is stylish, unlike the one on the Gower which looks just like almost every other church in West Wales. Very few Templar Churches were round, as round is hard to do, and those that were are to be found in posh areas, and the attempt to see 'fortifications' on the ones in Wales is laughable, as the towers look exactly like the towers of the churches at Llandovery, Carmarthen, and other places.