Old Glasgow: the place and the people, from the Roman occupation to the eighteenth century . with whatnow appears on the city arms—the only difference beingthat thetree is represented era-dicated, without any mound,and that the salmon is in thenatural position, and not onits back. The representationhere given is copied from animpression appended to a charter in favour of the incorporation ofHammermen in Glasgow, dated i6th July, 1650. This seal continued in use for one hundred and forty-three years—a long period also—longer in proportion, perhaps,than that of the previous seal,if judged by the
Old Glasgow: the place and the people, from the Roman occupation to the eighteenth century . with whatnow appears on the city arms—the only difference beingthat thetree is represented era-dicated, without any mound,and that the salmon is in thenatural position, and not onits back. The representationhere given is copied from animpression appended to a charter in favour of the incorporation ofHammermen in Glasgow, dated i6th July, 1650. This seal continued in use for one hundred and forty-three years—a long period also—longer in proportion, perhaps,than that of the previous seal,if judged by the greater numberof impressions \\hich must havebeen taken from it. It wasreplaced, for what reason I can-not conceive, by a seal in whichagain the position of the em-blems is changed. There is noprecedent for it, and the wholearrangement is in the worstpossible taste. The field isparted per fess argent and gules;the bell is placed on the wrongside, and the fish is raised up and placed across the centre of the stemof the tree. This seal continued in use till the form of the arms was. Arms of Bishopric. 97
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