. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. :5flzTugflTiF. VIII [8]. ^nm ^HgimiR REGAL SERIES. 93 VII. The King of Portugal. [No. 7. Argent, five escutcheons in cross azure, each charged with as many plates insaltire, all within an orle embattled counter-embattled of the second. Instead of the orle there ought to be a bordure of Castile, Willement blazons Portugal : Argent on five escutcheons incross Azure, as many plates in saltire, all within a bordure Gulescharged with eight castles Or, and says : The pla
. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. :5flzTugflTiF. VIII [8]. ^nm ^HgimiR REGAL SERIES. 93 VII. The King of Portugal. [No. 7. Argent, five escutcheons in cross azure, each charged with as many plates insaltire, all within an orle embattled counter-embattled of the second. Instead of the orle there ought to be a bordure of Castile, Willement blazons Portugal : Argent on five escutcheons incross Azure, as many plates in saltire, all within a bordure Gulescharged with eight castles Or, and says : The plates were (accordingto tradition) adopted by Alphonso the First, in honour of the five woundsof our Saviour, and to have been used as his device at the battle ofOurique in 1139, where he defeated five Moorish kings; he is said tohave in consequence repeated the charge on the five escutcheons ofthe conquered monarchs. The bordure was added by Alphonso theFifth after his marriage with the daughter of Alphonso the Wise, Kingof Castile; the arms of which province were: Gules, a castle Or (pp. 95, 94)- Sir David Lindsay reverses the tinctures, making the
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