. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. ing is said to be Fisher, and the fieldmarked azure. In Mr. Stodarts first volume, Plate 28, there is a facsimile,taken from Additions to Sir David Lindsays MS., of the Armesof the right worschipfull Shir Robert Foirman, Lyon King at are : First and fourth Sable, three camels heads erased or,bridled of the field, campaned of the second ; second and third Azure,a chevron between three fishes haurient argent. The presumption, therefore, is that the camels head o
. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. ing is said to be Fisher, and the fieldmarked azure. In Mr. Stodarts first volume, Plate 28, there is a facsimile,taken from Additions to Sir David Lindsays MS., of the Armesof the right worschipfull Shir Robert Foirman, Lyon King at are : First and fourth Sable, three camels heads erased or,bridled of the field, campaned of the second ; second and third Azure,a chevron between three fishes haurient argent. The presumption, therefore, is that the camels head or headsare the paternal bearings of Forman. Laing (i. 148) describes the seals of Archbishop Forman ( and 878), and says: In the lower part of the seal is a shieldquarterly, first and fourth, a chevron between three fishes haurient,for Forman ; second and third, a horses head erased, and a hawksbell at the neck, for Horsburgh . This seems to be a mistake forthe camels head, and may, perhaps, have suggested the name ofHorsburgh. The arms of Horsburgh of that Ilk were : Azure, ahorses head couped argent. Ill [35]. ^TflfpFn ]IzrTjiF|ii\ w [36]
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