. The arms of the Scottish bishoprics. ld of arms. As regards blazoning the arms, their origin should bekept in mind, and the tree should be blazoned as hazel,instead of the oak recorded by the Town , though the bell in the arms of the city is blazonedin the Lyon Register, as in the sinister fess point,, not hanging from the tree, but detached, it wouldperhaps be more appropriate to attach the bell to thesinister side of the tree, in allusion to the practice of beside the Molendinar Burn, mentioned so blazoning the arms of the diocese, we would avoida slavish c
. The arms of the Scottish bishoprics. ld of arms. As regards blazoning the arms, their origin should bekept in mind, and the tree should be blazoned as hazel,instead of the oak recorded by the Town , though the bell in the arms of the city is blazonedin the Lyon Register, as in the sinister fess point,, not hanging from the tree, but detached, it wouldperhaps be more appropriate to attach the bell to thesinister side of the tree, in allusion to the practice of beside the Molendinar Burn, mentioned so blazoning the arms of the diocese, we would avoida slavish copy of the city armorial bearings, and as diocesanarms they would gain in significance from the allusion tothe first Bishop. The arms then may be blazoned thus :— Argent, oti a mount in base vert, a hazel tree ; pendent from abough thereof on the sinister side an old quadrangular church helic-on the top of the tree a red-breast; tipon the stem at the base asalmon fess7jvays on its back, holding in its mouth a signet ring, CHAPTER XV. Gallowav The name of St. Ninian, the earliest known ScottishBishop, must always be connected with the diocese ofGalloway. He was the first Bishop of the ancient see : thecathedral was dedicated to him and St. Martin of Tours :his effigy is represented on the diocesan arms as recordedin the Lyon Register in the 17th century by Bishop JohnPaterson, son of the Bishop of Ross, who recorded thearms of that diocese. The tacts of the life of St. Nuiian are very well known,but may be briefly set down. He was born at Witherne inGalloway in the fourth century ; as a young man he wentto Rome, where he spent several years, and was consecratedby the Bishop of Rome for the Western parts of his way home he visited St. Martin at Tours, and fromhim he borrowed masons, who might build for him a churchafter the Roman manner. He chose Witherne in Gallowayas the site of his church, and there he built what was reputedto be the first church const
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