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The reformation and the University. The University was originally founded in the year 1450 by a Bull of Pope Nicholas V. obtained at the request of King James II. Bishop Turnbull, who then held the See of Glasgow, and his successors, being appointed chancellors of the new institution. A body of statutes for its government, were prepared by the bishop and his chapter in 1451, from which we learn, that it at this time consisted—besides the chancellor—-of a rector and four masters of faculties.  Upwards of one hundred members were incorporated by the rector within the first two years—most of whom were belonging either to the secular or regular bodies of clergy. For some time, however, the institution appears to have had little more than a nominal existence; it had no property of any kind bestowed upon it; nor were lectures read in any of the sciences.  Afterwards, however, lectures were read on theology, and the civil and canon law, in the chapter-house belonging to the Dominican Convent 

  Archiepiscopal palace.  ( or Archbishops Castle) Glasgow This venerable relic of the “ olden time,” was the town residence of the Archbishops of Glasgow,for many centuries the proud scene of their feudal grandeur and magnificence. It stood immediately to the west of the Cathedral, which is situated in an elevated part of the Town. The castle stood where the royal infirmary stands today. During the turbulent period of the feudal ages, when 'power'was the only law, and the mandates of governments were but little attended to, because they seldom could be enforced; when every feudal lord sought the preservation of his own rights, and, so far as he could, the redressing of his own supposed wrongs, the great objects to be attained in domestic architecture, were strength, and the power of resistance. The clergy, during these ages, notwithstanding their professions of piety and humility, were as ambitious, and fond of power as the most rude and warlike of the iron-clad barons; and no

 # 10 View of Pear tree well From Views and Notices of Glasgow in Former times, by William Simpson, 3 scrapbooks. n.p. 1871 This view looks at Pear Tree Well, on the banks of the Kelvin. Regarded as a popular area for picnics, it never possessed any pear trees. It was eventually incorporated into the Botanic Gardens at the end of the 19th century. The river Kelvin rises in the Kilsyth Hills and flows past Kirkintilloch and Maryhill, through the Botanic Gardens and joins the Clyde at Partick. It was crossed by a ford until the first bridge was built in 1601. Shipyards were developed on each bank.

  A Plan for George Square  From Prints Collection held in History and Glasgow Room This is a plan of the proposed building which was to house the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and be built in George Square. The building was to contain several galleries for paintings and sculptures as well as a lecture hall, school and a library. The first society for art was founded in 1821 by Alexander Findlay, a print seller, who exhibited from his shop. After it failed several other societies were started, which also failed. The Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts was eventually established in 1861.

  St Mungo (4) Story of the mound of Dovehill DURING the sojourn of St. Mungo in Wales, which is said to have lasted for eleven years, civiI war raged in the kingdom of Cumbria, or Strathclyde; but a decisive battle at Arthuret, on the borders of Dumfriesshire and Cumberland, or, as some think, at Airdrie, settled the dispute in favour of Roderick the Bountiful, who, it is said, had been baptised by St. Patrick in Ireland.  One of the first acts of his reign was to send to St. Mungo in Wales, praying him most urgently to return. The saint complied with his request, and his re-entry was one of triumphal rejoicing.  Either at the time of his return, or shortly after it, St. Mungo was preaching to the people on a plain, but as he could not he seen or heard by a large portion of the multitude, he manifested his miraculous power by causing the ground on which he stood to rise up to a mound, and he then continued his remarks, to the better edification of his hearers.  Tradition has it that t

  # 9 Gallowgate at Kent street, Glasgow A photograph by Thomas Annan of Glasgow (1829-1887) This view is taken from the centre of Gallowgate just before Kent Street, looking west. This is the fringe of the area that was due for demolition. Most of the buildings are solid tenements built within the previous thirty years. On the right are several people watching the camera. They stand on the pavement in front of several shops or at the entrance to a close. Above the shops, there is a prominent sign for 'John MacKay House Painter'. Albumen print, from collodion negative. These photographs were taken for the City Improvements Trust who, in the 1860s, planned to demolish the worst of the decayed city centre. They were published at different dates and in different formats by the city and by Annan's firm.