. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. III., in the spandrels of the wallarcades of the choir aisles of Westminster Abbey (Boutell, p. 377).He calls them noble shields. There is a fine example of thisshield executed in relief and diapered in the south choir aisle ofWestminster Abbey; also another fine example at the entrance toWestminster Hall (Boutell, p. 126). * Edward IV. sometimes quartered the arms of the Confessorwith Erance and England quarterly (Boutell, p. 297). Sir David Lindsay gives them impaled wi
. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. III., in the spandrels of the wallarcades of the choir aisles of Westminster Abbey (Boutell, p. 377).He calls them noble shields. There is a fine example of thisshield executed in relief and diapered in the south choir aisle ofWestminster Abbey; also another fine example at the entrance toWestminster Hall (Boutell, p. 126). * Edward IV. sometimes quartered the arms of the Confessorwith Erance and England quarterly (Boutell, p. 297). Sir David Lindsay gives them impaled with Scotland as the armsof Sanct Margaret. He makes the cross patee (21). In reference to this coat Planche says : When the Anglo-Normanheralds invented a coat-of-arms for Saint Edward the Confessor, theywere probably guided in their choice by a coin of that monarch, on thereverse of which appears a plain cross with four birds, one in eachangle or canton, and which I take to be meant for doves. He addsthat Eroissart, when describing the banner of Saint Edward, as borneby Richard II., describes them as colombs. Ill [19]. ^IliHnif ^un$. i\
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