. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. ^IliHnif ^un$. i\. ^HirlitHz CiiniitiT. >.«uitM itAae-* SERIES OF SCOTTISH NOBLES. 105 III. The Duke of Albany. [No. ig. Quarterly: first Scotland ; second Gules, a lion rampant within a bordure argentcharged with eight roses of the field, March; third Gules, three humanlegs conjoined in the centre at the upper part of the thighs flexed intriangle, armed proper, garnished and spurred or, Man; fourth Argent,a saltire and chief gules, Annandale. In Annandale the chief do
. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. ^IliHnif ^un$. i\. ^HirlitHz CiiniitiT. >.«uitM itAae-* SERIES OF SCOTTISH NOBLES. 105 III. The Duke of Albany. [No. ig. Quarterly: first Scotland ; second Gules, a lion rampant within a bordure argentcharged with eight roses of the field, March; third Gules, three humanlegs conjoined in the centre at the upper part of the thighs flexed intriangle, armed proper, garnished and spurred or, Man; fourth Argent,a saltire and chief gules, Annandale. In Annandale the chief does not extend to the sides of the shield ; the field ought to be or. Alexander Stewart, second son of James II., and father of John,the holder of the dukedom at the date of the ceiling, having beencreated Duke of Albany, Earl of March, Lord of Annandale and ofthe Isle of Man, quartered with the Royal coat the arms of March,Man, and Annandale (Nisbet, i. 264). Boutell gives an engraving of the arms of the Isle of Man, drawnfrom a roll of Edward I., preserved in the Heralds College, in whichthe legs are encased in banded mail and without
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