. The arms of the Scottish bishoprics. f themediaeval chapter, showing St. Magnus in the centre nicheof three, holding in his hand what appears to be a crozier,but may have been intended for the usual sword, or perhapsa sceptre. On the arch of the middle niche is inscribed S. MAGNVS. The saint, although in reality his title was that of Earlof Orkney, is as a rule represented as a king, crowned, andholding a sword in his right hand, no doubt in allusion tohis death. 40 The arms of the diocese then trace their origin to thesaint who gave his name to the cathedral of although St. Mag
. The arms of the Scottish bishoprics. f themediaeval chapter, showing St. Magnus in the centre nicheof three, holding in his hand what appears to be a crozier,but may have been intended for the usual sword, or perhapsa sceptre. On the arch of the middle niche is inscribed S. MAGNVS. The saint, although in reality his title was that of Earlof Orkney, is as a rule represented as a king, crowned, andholding a sword in his right hand, no doubt in allusion tohis death. 40 The arms of the diocese then trace their origin to thesaint who gave his name to the cathedral of although St. Magnus was not in himself a particularlystriking figure, the arms are appropriate and interestingin their allusion to a past epoch in Scottish history, whenthe Northern islands were under the sway of the King ofNorway, and the diocese of Orkney was under the juris-diction of the Archbishop of Trondhjem. The arms are blazoned: — Argent, Si. Magnus,standing, royally vested, on his head a croitn of gold, tn hisdexter hand a sword, CHAPTER X. Moray. The arms of the diocese of Moray, like those of Aber-deen, are derived not from the dedication of the cathedral,as is common in Scotland, but from that of the parishchurch of the cathedral city. The diocesan arms of Morayare in fact nothing- more than an adaptation of the CommonSeal of the Burgh of Elgin. They represent St. Giles or Aegidius standing in achurch porch, holding in his right hand a cross, and in hisleft a book. It would be correct to depict, in addition, a hindpierced in the back with an arrow fawning against him :The hind is so generally connected with St. Giles (cf., theSupporters in the arms of the City of Edinburgh), thateven though not mentioned in the blazon of the shield, itmay be considered an integral part of the heraldic repre-sentation of the Saint. St. Giles was an Athenian of the 8th century, who,becoming celebrated for his charity and his niiraculousg-ifts of healing, and fearing that the resulting fa
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