Roslin Glen, Scotland - The "Apprentice Pillar” gets its name from
a legend dating from the 18th century involving the master mason in charge of
the stonework in the Roslin chapel (°1446) and his young apprentice. According to the
legend, the master mason did not believe that the apprentice could perform the
complicated task of carving the column without seeing the original which formed
the inspiration for the design.
The master mason travelled to see the original himself, but upon his
return was enraged to find that the upstart apprentice had completed the column
anyway. In a fit of jealous anger the mason took up his mallet and struck the
apprentice on the head, killing him. The legend concludes that as punishment for
his crime, the master mason's face was carved into the opposite corner to
forever gaze upon his apprentice's pillar.
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