However, before it was finished, the University Act of had passed, and it was seen that more building would be required. Armstrong, Mitchell, and Co. It is signed "J. Small, 93" Right - from the North East. The West Front. Mr Charles W. This left new subscriptions free to meet Lord Strathcona's generous offer, and the funds being thus secured, preparation for the West Wing was begun with the removal of Greyfriars Church, the site of which was required for the new building.
A new church had to be built by the University for the displaced congregation of Greyfriars , and it was erected at the south end of the West Front of the College Buildings. The New College of and the additions which had been made to it were built of stone from a local Quarry, but for the new West Front a whiter granite from Kemnay , sparkling with mica, was selected.
This, however, would not have harmonised with the duller tone of the buildings facing the Quadrangle , and for the east side of the new part a stone of similar colour was used. By a great effort the new building was completed in time to be declared open by the King on September 27, Lord Provost Lyon was knighted. The then existing buildings of Marischal College were, in respect of their surroundings, front aspect, and general appearance, precisely as erected by Simpson some 50 years before.
There was thereby in part enclosed an ample area known as " the Quad. This area was completely enclosed in front by a line of buildings, some of them of great age, forming the east side of the street, which sorely belied its name of Broad Street, or "the Broadgate. Immediately behind these enclosing buildings, and at the West or South-west comer of the Quadrangle , but in a position unsymmetrical thereto, stood the ancient edifice, the Parish Church of Greyfriars , or " The College Kirk ," with entry solely from the Quadrangle.
Here surely was a situation which, in respect of vested rights and ownership, bristled with difficulties. It is to be feared that certain of the Parties interested did not always adequately recognize and respect the powers, rights, and responsibilities of others. The parties were -. The University Court , however, it ought to be stated, had, happily, in its own hands the settlement of the question of a satisfactory carriage entrance. It had already acquired, or had within its offer, the 2 houses right and left of the existing "gateway.
Mitchell Hall organ. Top left is the arms of the burgh of Old Aberdeen. Top right is that of George Keith , the 5th Earl Marischal. Bottom left belongs to Bishop William Elphinstone. The bottom right quarter is a simplified version of the usual symbol of three castles representing the burgh and now City of Aberdeen.
So the shield is essentially all four combined inro one. They are arranged according to their importance in this history, the Arms of the University itself occupying the centre , the place of honour; but we shall take them in the order of their probable age, because some of the older coats have entered into the composition of newer. In all arts and sciences technical terms are used for the sake of precision and brevity. In Heraldry technicality is carried to an extreme degree, and the description of a shield in heraldic language is often unintelligible to common people.
The French language was originally used in this country in describing shields, and many Heraldic Terms are of French origin. Some terms even retain a French form, and more information regarding the meaning of heraldic terms may be obtained from an old French dictionary than from a modern English. Straining after brevity often results in obscurity, and we have in the City of Aberdeen Arms an example of this. When the Lyon King of Arms grants a Coat-of-arms it is given in writing.
By paying a sum of money a representation of the coat in colours may also be obtained, but this is of no force, even though done by the Lyon himself. The written description is the only rule of direction for finding what the coat-of-arms really is. The verbal description of the arms of the City of Aberdeen says : - " Three towers triple-towered, within the royal treasure of Scotland.
Motto, Bon-Accord. This answers to triple-turreted, not triple-towered. Probably the first assumption of arms by Aberdeen was soon after it was made a burgh and from what is carved on an old seal of the town the device appears to have been a tower with a walk and a battlement round the top and another tower, also with a walk and a battlement, rising from the summit of the first. This device had been adopted after the erection of the castle at the command of the King.
The double tower with two battlements indicates that the castle was well defended. The King did not for a long time interfere with the heraldic badges of his subjects unless they disagreed among themselves, when, in his capacity of judge, he settled disputes. At the Coronation of Robert II.
If Aberdeen was in any way represented at the Coronation its delegate had no doubt borne the arms of the city on his dress. It was not till that the arms of the city had been registered by the Lyon King in his book. The motto is " Bon-Accord," " Good agreement ; " and it had probably been assumed early.
In the one double tower of the old seal had been expanded into three , merely for heraldic reasons and not to indicate that Aberdeen had three castles. For the same reason the double tower in got on another storey. Notwithstanding the length of time that the three towers have been shown with three pepper-boxes on their summits they ought yet to be made three-storey high, if that is the meaning of triple-towered. In the vase are three white lilies - one full-blown in the centre , one half-blown on the right , and one in bud on the left.
The lily is the emblem of purity and represents the Virgin , the patron saint of the Cathedral and of Aberdon. The salmon show proximity to the Don. The motto, " Concordia res parvae crescunt," " By concord a small community increases," recommends harmony in the town. On the left side there are at the top three raised pales or vertical bars alternating with three Flat bars.
The raised bars represent yellow bars , and the flat represent red bars. On the right side there is a lion standing on his hind legs. Above the shield there is an earl's crown.
Marischal College architecture features a combination of styles, including A Marshall Mackenzie's perpendicular gothic and Archibald Simpson's austere architecture. Both styles have been built with different stone, with Simpson's using Rubislaw stone and Mackenzie's using Kemnay granite.
Overtime the college has gone under a substantial amount of restoration work to preserve the building. In the building was open to the general public as a museum. The college has many closed displays and collections which are available for the public to view online via the museum's virtual museum site.
Find out more about Aberdeen's great range of museums including the Tolbooth Museum and the Maritime Museum. Cookies are required to view this content. Change your preferences at Manage Cookie Settings. Again European influences are prominent, for Keith had completed his own Education at the Calvinist Academy in Geneva.
This he refused to do, thus inaugurating the rivalry which was to mark the relationship of the 2-Colleges for the next -yrs. If the expected Reformation had not come off the Abbey would have got back its Property. When it did come the Monks got Pensions and retired into private life; Robert Keith , the Commendator Abbot , held the Abbey Lands for the Crown , with a fair prospect of being able to retain them — as his own.
In the King erected the Abbey Lands into a Lordship with a Peerage called Altrie attached to it, to be held by the Commendator for Life, with succession after his death to his nephew, George, 5th Earl Marischal and his heir or assigns.
Though the Earl came into the possession of the Abbey Property in a legitimate way the adherents of the old Faith naturally grudged seeing the Church Property in his hands , and the General Assembly complained that he was not paying the Stipends due from the Abbey Lands to the Ministers of the New Faith.
In George, 5th Earl Marischal , c. The Foundation Charter represents the Earl as giving the New College all the Properties which formerly belonged to the Greyfriars , but though he might have got the promise of them from the Town Council they had not at the date of the Charter been made over to him.
In the course of the same year they were given to the Earl to be the Seat of the New College , and the Buildings, which had not been destroyed by the Lairds of the Mearns , served for a time all the wants of the New College. The only part of the Convent that survived to modern times was the Church , a Building originally of great length , but curtailed afterwards to give access to the College.
This led him to put the New University into an intimate connection with the General Assembly of the Church. On 21st July , the Scots Parliament also ratified the Foundation of the University , and this completed the erection of the Institution. After succeeding his grandfather as Earl Marischal he stood by James VI after the Ruthven Raid and in was involved in the Defence of Stirling Castle against those Nobles sympathetic to the Raiders and lately returned from Exile.
Bad Weather, for which Keith was subsequently exonerated, forced the returning party to seek Shelter in Norway. Keith was subsequently a Privy Councillor and much concerned in the congenial for a strict Calvinist Task of Hunting down and prosecuting his Northern Rival, the Catholic Earl of Huntly.
The Reformation may also have triggered his Foundation of Marischal College in The Earl was married twice, producing 2 children from the 1st and one from the 2nd. With his 1st wife, Margaret , the daughter of Alexander Home , 5th Lord Home , he had a son William , who later became 6th Earl Marischal and 2 daughters.
A few years afterwards the Town Council put up the Burgh Arms above the Gate , but these were afterwards replaced by those Keith the Founder of the University. Soon after the date of the Charter, he is called Doctor of Divinity. In the Town Council gave the College a back House to be Chambers for Students on condition that the College gave up to the Town all claim to the Greyfriars Church , which thereafter became one of the Town Churches.
Dr Dun had an outstanding reputation as a Practising Doctor.
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