. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. date1722 the inscription continuing- .... I KNOWTHAT MY REDEEMERLIVETH AND THAT HE SHALL STAND UPON THE EARTH AT DAY TH .... WORMS DE . .IS BODY YET IN ... .SH SHALL I SEE GOD WD I I In the choir (popularly known as the Ogilvie Aisle), near the centre,lie two stones side by side. One has in the upper portion a shield(Fig. 75) with initials A. 0. at top and I. R. at foot, the arms on whichare :_A lion rampant (not passant) (for Ogilvie), impaling, Three(powets or tadpoles?) (Russell?). Round the margin in Romancapitals is
. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. date1722 the inscription continuing- .... I KNOWTHAT MY REDEEMERLIVETH AND THAT HE SHALL STAND UPON THE EARTH AT DAY TH .... WORMS DE . .IS BODY YET IN ... .SH SHALL I SEE GOD WD I I In the choir (popularly known as the Ogilvie Aisle), near the centre,lie two stones side by side. One has in the upper portion a shield(Fig. 75) with initials A. 0. at top and I. R. at foot, the arms on whichare :_A lion rampant (not passant) (for Ogilvie), impaling, Three(powets or tadpoles?) (Russell?). Round the margin in Romancapitals is :— ELGIN PAST AND PRESENT 277 ... EC LYETH . ANE . HONEST . MAN . ANDROW. OGILBY . Q(V)HA . DWALT . IN . TH E . ESTER. HIL . OF . PLVSCARDEN . NOV . IS . DEPERTET . OVT . OF . THIS The inscription on the other stone, tells of a george ogilbie, whodied in 1643. There are still Ogilvies in the glen who claim to belong to the samefamily. A roughly dressed blue stone lies on the north side near the entrance Iflcofrno \)iot fflWrDOG 4-jjTcTTug U:: ft kfi \% UA1 oxm UP3 J. Fig. 76.—Sepulchral Slab at Pluscardin Priory. to the choir. It has on it an incised cross with top and arms bevelled,on a base of four steps. On either side of the cross above the arms arethe Gothic letters & JB> and below two objects somewhat resemblinga heart and a knife or ploughshare. In the crossing under the tower two stones have been uncovered,the more important of these is Fig. 76. The name of jacobus viot(wyot) appears on a deed of 1500-1 (Charters of the Priory of Beauly). The marginal inscription on the other stone reads :— UNDER NEITHHEIR LYES IAMBS SINKLAK 1699 with the initials A S., K G. in centre. 278 ELGIN PAST AND PRESENT The Lady chapel contains a number of recumbent tombstones, allincised, of which the following are the more interesting :— (1) Near the east end a stone the upper part of which is occupiedby a shield bearing arms :—Three cushions lozengeways (Dunbar),impaling, A sta
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