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ID: 700002888
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002888
Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1
Saint Rule's Church (church (building); Unknown architect, under Bishop Robert; constructed ca. 1070, addition...; Saint Andrews (Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe, World...)
Note: Saint Rule’s church and tower were built to house the supposed relics of Saint Andrew. The lofty tower may have served as a landmark for pilgrims. In the 12th century the church was extended west and east with a nave and new chancel, and in the 17th century a corbelled parapet was added to the top of the tower.
Titles:
Saint Rule's Church (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)
St Rule's Church (C,U,English,U,U)
Saint Rule's Tower (C,U,English,U,U)
St Rule's Tower (C,U,English,U,U)
St. Regulus Tower (C,U,English,U,U)
St Regulus Church (C,U,English,U,U)
St Regulus' Church (C,U,English,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
church (building) [300007466] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings)
tower (building division) [300003615]
..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, building divisions)

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: constructed ca. 1070, additions 12th century, alterations ca. 1400-1500

Creator Display:
Unknown architect, under Bishop Robert [preferred,VP]
architect unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]
Locations:
Current: Saint Andrews [7009562] Fife (unitary authority), Scotland (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: grey ashlar masonry
ashlar [300011701]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), <rock by form>, stone (worked rock), <stone by function>, building stone, dimension stone)

Dimensions: tower: 108 1/3 feet (33 meters) (height),14.5 square feet (area); choir: 26 x 19 3/4 feet
Cultures:
British (preferred)
Scottish (Scots, Scotsman)

General Subject:
architecture (preferred,isness)
religion and mythology (purpose)

Specific Subjects:
Rule, Saint [901001254]
.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)
Saint Andrew the Apostle [901001059]
.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures
Sources and Contributors:
Saint Rule's Church........ [VP]
........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
St Rule's Church........ [VP]
........ Places of Worship in Scotland [online], (2015-) accessed 18 February 2015
........ Gifford, Fife (1998) 359
........ Historic Scotland Listed Buildings (2015-) accessed 18 February 2015
........ Canmore [online] (2015-) accessed 18 February 2015
Saint Rule's Tower........ [VP]
........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
St Rule's Tower........ [VP]
........ Places of Worship in Scotland [online], (2015-) accessed 18 February 2015
........ Canmore [online] (2015-) accessed 18 February 2015
St. Regulus Tower........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) accessed 18 February 2015
St Regulus Church........ [VP]
........ Canmore [online] (2015-) accessed 18 February 2015
St Regulus' Church........ [VP]
........ Gifford, Fife (1998) 359
........ Places of Worship in Scotland [online], (2015-) accessed 18 February 2015
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
....................... Historic Scotland Listed Buildings (2015-) accessed 18 February 2015
....................... Canmore [online] (2015-) accessed 18 February 2015
....................... Places of Worship in Scotland [online], (2015-) accessed 18 February 2015
....................... Gifford, Fife (1998) 359-360
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Places of Worship in Scotland [online], (2015-) accessed 18 February 2015
..... Historic Scotland Listed Buildings (2015-) accessed 18 February 2015
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