Manchester/Scotland 2025 - Edinburgh National Museum of Scotland (5/7)

After the Christians found their way to Scotland, everything changes, and soon everything was about churches and such. Scotland do have some very beautiful and unique churches, and we'll see how many I can manage to visit in my next trip. For this 2025 trip, I think I only managed St Giles', not counting Kirkyard that is. But for 2026, I think I will at least see Rossyln Chapel, and the Italian Church of Orkney, and maybe a few cathedral like Glasgow Cathedral and Inverness Cathedral. We'll see how it goes! 

Here are some of the earlier example of Christian artefacts. I kinda like this simple Jesus figurine hanging at the cross here. It kinda looked very simplistic  and minimalistic. I think I don't mind having this in my home.  

Here are some angels holding a shield? Carved into some stones. These could be part of a building or memorial or even tombstones. I like angels too! 

A priest/monk carrying a cross? I'm pretty sure that is not a cross, right? Now I bet you wish I read the description of the figurine or took a photo of it. Sorry! Sometimes, I just like to take photo of the item as they just seems to be such a nice piece of art, even if they might be religious in nature. I think one can always be able to appreciate an object of beauty regardless of what it is associated with, right?

More Christian related items. 

Here is another of Jesus that looks like a carving on a stone slab. This one looked so primitive, perhaps even before medieval times, is that even possible? Yup, checked on Google and Jesus pre-dated before medieval times!

I guess with Christianity came the printing press machine? Isn't why the religion spread so fast and wide, because of the printing of the bible? But at this section of the exhibition, I was more interested in the books on displayed. I love old books. Fun fact, I once volunteered as a distributed proof reader of old text. I did that for a month while working (can't remember which company), because I was so bored at work with nothing much to do I might as well contribute to society is some small ways!. So I would translate old text to readable everyday English of today. Ha! I've contributed to the literature field after all!

Beautiful old books. 

See, I told you they were mostly religious in nature!