. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. Igigii Qpirifutiiiiif. II. ^fliirtiffinir^HiiiHrftf. <N tT ABO^ CHAPTER II. SCOTTISH T H E King of Scotland. [No. 17. Or, a lion rampant within a double tressure flory counterflory gules. Whatever truth there may be in the story that the Scottish Honhad his origin as far back as the reign of King Fergus I., it is esta-bhshed that a Hon was the earhest known ensign of the kings ofScotland. That device is beHeved to have been borne by WiHiamthe Lion, and
. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. Igigii Qpirifutiiiiif. II. ^fliirtiffinir^HiiiHrftf. <N tT ABO^ CHAPTER II. SCOTTISH T H E King of Scotland. [No. 17. Or, a lion rampant within a double tressure flory counterflory gules. Whatever truth there may be in the story that the Scottish Honhad his origin as far back as the reign of King Fergus I., it is esta-bhshed that a Hon was the earhest known ensign of the kings ofScotland. That device is beHeved to have been borne by WiHiamthe Lion, and to have given rise to his designation. Its first authenticappearance is on the seal of Alexander 11. (1214-1249), in which thetressure seems to be absent. The seal of Alexander III. (1249-1285),which bears the figure of the King on horseback, shows the lion ram-pant within the tressure on the shield borne upon the Kings left arm. Whatever, therefore, be the origin of the tressure, it was borneat an earlier date than the French alliance, which it has been supposedto typify, as thst alliance had no historical existence before the four-teenth cent
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