Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 178W. Blackwood & Sons, 1905 - Scotland |
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Page 29
... Scot- land . This well - known bearing dates from early in the thir- teenth century , and is supposed to represent the official belt of the Great Steward , the chequers thereon signifying the chess- board upon which primitive Treasury ...
... Scot- land . This well - known bearing dates from early in the thir- teenth century , and is supposed to represent the official belt of the Great Steward , the chequers thereon signifying the chess- board upon which primitive Treasury ...
Page 30
... Scot- land ; Timbres [ crests ] for helmets was the one , Which they thought then of great beauty And also wonderful to behold . The other was cracks of war [ cannons ] , Which they had never heard before . At these two things they ...
... Scot- land ; Timbres [ crests ] for helmets was the one , Which they thought then of great beauty And also wonderful to behold . The other was cracks of war [ cannons ] , Which they had never heard before . At these two things they ...
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... Scottish unicorn , where it has remained un- changed ever since . Another very common mis- conception in matters heraldic is that by which a shield of arms is deemed honourable in proportion to the number of quarterings marshalled ...
... Scottish unicorn , where it has remained un- changed ever since . Another very common mis- conception in matters heraldic is that by which a shield of arms is deemed honourable in proportion to the number of quarterings marshalled ...
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... Scottish practice scarcely at all . The Lyon King of Arms in his patents has always kept the bearings as simple and the quarterings as few as possible , recognising that the ancient paternal coat can gain nothing in honour when diluted ...
... Scottish practice scarcely at all . The Lyon King of Arms in his patents has always kept the bearings as simple and the quarterings as few as possible , recognising that the ancient paternal coat can gain nothing in honour when diluted ...
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... Scottish lords would not march with the low - born Cochrane . Angus , as Warden , summoned them to meet in the Kirk of Lauder , where Lord Gray bitterly likened them to the assembly of mice who determined that , in the common interest ...
... Scottish lords would not march with the low - born Cochrane . Angus , as Warden , summoned them to meet in the Kirk of Lauder , where Lord Gray bitterly likened them to the assembly of mice who determined that , in the common interest ...
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