. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. of Sir RobertKeith, Knight-Marischal of Scotland (1316), given by Laing (i. 81,No. 461). He gives various other examples of them in the sameform. They appear in that form in the Armorial de Gelre as the armsof court a keets; in Sir David Lindsays MS. as those of theEarl Marischal (41), and on the stone over the gateway of MarischalCollege. In 1672, the arms of George, seventh Earl Marischal, wereregistered as : Argent, on a chief gules three pallets or, a departurefrom th
. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. of Sir RobertKeith, Knight-Marischal of Scotland (1316), given by Laing (i. 81,No. 461). He gives various other examples of them in the sameform. They appear in that form in the Armorial de Gelre as the armsof court a keets; in Sir David Lindsays MS. as those of theEarl Marischal (41), and on the stone over the gateway of MarischalCollege. In 1672, the arms of George, seventh Earl Marischal, wereregistered as : Argent, on a chief gules three pallets or, a departurefrom the ancient usage, for which there does not seem to havebeen any good reason. Tradition professes to account for the deviceby the story that at the battle of Panbride, in 1006, King Malcolm his fingers in blood and drew three strokes on the top ofthe shield of Robert, a chief of the Catti, progenitor of the race ofKeith, who had killed the king of the Danes. Here also it maybe surmised that the legend was manufactured to suit the bearings. The arms of IJarcelona have a similar legendary origin (No. 8). XV [31]. 3nrlitiiTri- Qninitirt x [32]
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