WhereArtI Monday and a slightly different one this week. This plaque is on an Edinburgh wall, but can you tell me what the top line (currently blurred) reads?
Have a guess below, there are no prizes this week but leader board points are on offer for the first three correct answers.
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The sketch is in black ink with a little watercolour wash.
WhereArtI update:
Well done @lemon_squeezy and @0apropos, you both told me the top line is ‘St John’s Pend’. This is a small alleyway from The Royal Mile to St John’s Street in the Canongate area of Edinburgh. A ‘pend’ is Scots for an archway or vaulted passage. The Knights of St John were believed to have had their houses in the area. More about them tomorrow.
Here is the full image…
Well done @lemon_squeezy and @0apropos, you both told me the top line is ‘St John’s Pend’. This is a small alleyway from The Royal Mile to St John’s Street in the Canongate area of Edinburgh. A ‘pend’ is Scots for an archway or vaulted passage. The Knights of St John were believed to have had their houses in the area. More about them tomorrow.
192 Canongate, Edinburgh http://www.edinburghsketcher.com/?p=6125#comment-18456
192 Canongate, Edinburgh
Canongate, beside the cross (st John0
A toughy this morning. I’m getting some interesting answers on twitter. Clue number one, if you can’t make it out above: ‘The entrance to this street was built in 1768…’
@edinsketcher Wish someone would get this, start work soon and i need to know!
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@edinsketcher Yes. “The knights of St. John…”
“St John’s Pend” – thank you flickr!
WhereArtI: This plaque is on an Edinburgh wall, can you tell me what the top line reads? http://t.co/Om9yg6cVKK http://t.co/PK2KgmjObQ
St John’s House in the Canongate; I think St John’s A balance are based there?
St John’s Pend
Cannon gate ? Sign is on the royal mile
RT @edinsketcher: WhereArtI Monday. This plaque is on an Edinburgh wall, but can you tell me what the top line reads? http://t.co/Z8gpcqoXDH
I think it’s leith!