. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. Cflpn. X Do]. ?^ m :zf. REGAL SERIES. 95 IX. The King of Cyprus. [No. 9. Gules, a cross between four wheels of four spokes argent. The arms of Cyprus were those of the Counts of Lusij^nan :Barry of ten argent and azure, a lion rampant gules. This appearsin the fourth quarter of the arms of the King of vSicily (No. 11). The sovereignty of Cyprus was given by Richard I., who hadtaken the island from the Saracens, to Guy de Lusignan, titularKing of Jerusalem, and it r
. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. Cflpn. X Do]. ?^ m :zf. REGAL SERIES. 95 IX. The King of Cyprus. [No. 9. Gules, a cross between four wheels of four spokes argent. The arms of Cyprus were those of the Counts of Lusij^nan :Barry of ten argent and azure, a lion rampant gules. This appearsin the fourth quarter of the arms of the King of vSicily (No. 11). The sovereignty of Cyprus was given by Richard I., who hadtaken the island from the Saracens, to Guy de Lusignan, titularKing of Jerusalem, and it remained with that family until 1487. The Dukes of Savoy, as titular Kings of Cyprus, bore in their firstgrand quarter: Quarterly, first Jerusalem, second Lusignan, thirdArmenia (Or, a lion rampant gules), fourth Luxembourg (Argent, alion with a double tail in saltire gules) ; of which Nisbet (Essay onArmories, p. 219) says: These four quarters are the Imperial ensignsof the kingdom of Cyprus . The arms of Savoy are: Gules, a cross argent. The arms of the Emperor of Constantinople on the ceiling ofSaint Albans Cathedral (Gules, a
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