. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. the arms of Stewart borne by the family ofBute, who represent the hereditary Sheriffs of Bute, the first of whomwas John Stewart, natural son of Robert II. They seem to haveborne formerly the paternal arms of Stewart (Nisbet, i. 52). Stodart (ii. 78) gives Steuarte of Butte, from Formans Roll(1562), the simple coat of Stewart, and (ii. 116) Y S of Buit,from Workmans MS. (1565-6), the same coat of Stewart. The seal of David Stewart, Earl of Strathearn (1374) (Laing, ,

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. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. the arms of Stewart borne by the family ofBute, who represent the hereditary Sheriffs of Bute, the first of whomwas John Stewart, natural son of Robert II. They seem to haveborne formerly the paternal arms of Stewart (Nisbet, i. 52). Stodart (ii. 78) gives Steuarte of Butte, from Formans Roll(1562), the simple coat of Stewart, and (ii. 116) Y S of Buit,from Workmans MS. (1565-6), the same coat of Stewart. The seal of David Stewart, Earl of Strathearn (1374) (Laing, , No. 768), has a fess chequy for Stewart, between two chevronsfor Stratherne, all within the tressure. 132 THE HERALDIC CEILING 0¥ ST. MACHAR. No. 46.] XIV. The Bishop of the Isles. Possibly vacant. Azure, a dove displayed argent beaked and membered gules. The design here is perhaps more emblematic than heraldic.• Principal Campbell sug^gests that Bishop Dunbar may haveadopted the dove, the well-known emblem of Saint Columba andalso of lona, as the symbol of the See. Orem blazons this : Gules, aneagle displayed ^mi$ ^anrtiHiftz.

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