. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. ^m$u Qinnifif. vui [24]. ,^m Qmm. ct*so> SERIES OF SCOTTISH NOBLES. IO9 VII. The Earl of Angus. [No. 23. Gules, a cinquefoil pierced argent. The Umphravilles, Earls of Angus, bore a cinquefoil within anorle of cross-crosslets ; sometimes in a field sem^e of cross-crosslets. The old Earls of Angus carried argent, a lion rampant gules(Nisbet, i. 294). In another place he gives it: Gules, a lion rampantargent (ii. 82). Laing (i. 22, No. 86) describes the seal of M

---

. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. ^m$u Qinnifif. vui [24]. ,^m Qmm. ct*so> SERIES OF SCOTTISH NOBLES. IO9 VII. The Earl of Angus. [No. 23. Gules, a cinquefoil pierced argent. The Umphravilles, Earls of Angus, bore a cinquefoil within anorle of cross-crosslets ; sometimes in a field sem^e of cross-crosslets. The old Earls of Angus carried argent, a lion rampant gules(Nisbet, i. 294). In another place he gives it: Gules, a lion rampantargent (ii. 82). Laing (i. 22, No. 86) describes the seal of Malcolm,Earl of Angus (1225), the last of the male line of the great andancient Earls of Angus, as a lion passant gardant . He diedbefore 1242, leaving an only daughter, Maud, who married Gilbertde Umphraville, who became Earl of Angus in her right. Theseal of Gilbert de Umphraville bore a cinquefoil within ten cross-crosslets in orle {Ibid., No. 87). In the Armorial de Gclre dieGrave van Angus bears: Gules, a cinquefoil within an orle ofcross-crosslets or. Sir David Lindsay gives as the arms of Makbreid, Erie of Angussof Auld: Gules, a cinque

---

Size: 1296px × 1929px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectheraldr, bookyear1888