. Memorial of the royal progress in Scotland . ent Parliament-house, now used as bar-racks ; the northern side was anciently a large church, and the apart-ments on the eastern side were for ages occupied as a royal residence,when the rude times became so troublesome as to render it im-portant for the sovereign to be secure against sudden attack ortreachery. Here is the room where the Scottish Regalia are kept,but they had been removed for the Queens inspection into anapartment, called the ofiicers old mess-room, as being a fitter placefor her to see them in. Her Majesty was here received by th
. Memorial of the royal progress in Scotland . ent Parliament-house, now used as bar-racks ; the northern side was anciently a large church, and the apart-ments on the eastern side were for ages occupied as a royal residence,when the rude times became so troublesome as to render it im-portant for the sovereign to be secure against sudden attack ortreachery. Here is the room where the Scottish Regalia are kept,but they had been removed for the Queens inspection into anapartment, called the ofiicers old mess-room, as being a fitter placefor her to see them in. Her Majesty was here received by theOfficers of State, the Duke of Argyll, Lord Viscount Melville, andthe Lord Justice-Clerk, to whom she addressed many inquiries re-garding the antique emblems of royalty before her, which had beenborne for ages by her Scottish ancestors. They are extremely curiousand beautiful as objects of antiquity, but the sight of them to such a 152 THE ROYAL PROGRESS. mind as that of our Queen, must have been productive of many inte- resting The ancient diadem of Scotland consists of two circles of thepurest gold, chased, and adorned with precious stones and pearls ofgreat size, the upper circle being surmounted by crosses fleuree, in-terchanged with fleurs-de-lis, and with small points terminated bylarge pearls. The under and broader circle is adorned with twenty-two precious stones, topazes, amethysts, emeralds, rubies, and jacinths,with oriental pearls intervening. These stones are neither cut intofacets nor polished, but set plain in the ancient style of jewellerswork. The smaller circle, surmounting the under one, is adornedwith diamonds and sapphires alternately, and its upper verge ter-minates in the range of the crosses, fleurs-de-lis, and knobs, toppedwith pearls. The date of this part of it, which was the originalcrown, is altogether unknown, but it is extremely probable that itmay be as old as the time of Robert Bruce. Two imperial archesof gold were added by James
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