. Waifs and strays of Celtic tradition . >! TKRMINAL OR SIDE DETAIL OF SCROLL ON KNIGHi SSMALLER EFFIGY. ORAXSAY PRIORY. iiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimi. ?illll ?I ii lii!! ^mw TERMINATION OF FEET, KNIGHT S TO-MB, ORANSAY William Gallo-svays Drawings. Celtic Military Dress. 87 the Scottish knights were represented as beingbare on the Scottish tombstones, but this is notat all usually intended, or, indeed, the sharp shin-ridge of the greave
. Waifs and strays of Celtic tradition . >! TKRMINAL OR SIDE DETAIL OF SCROLL ON KNIGHi SSMALLER EFFIGY. ORAXSAY PRIORY. iiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimi. ?illll ?I ii lii!! ^mw TERMINATION OF FEET, KNIGHT S TO-MB, ORANSAY William Gallo-svays Drawings. Celtic Military Dress. 87 the Scottish knights were represented as beingbare on the Scottish tombstones, but this is notat all usually intended, or, indeed, the sharp shin-ridge of the greaves provesthat the legs of the knights are encased in platearmour; and on a tomb on Oronsay the spur-straps are elaborated. On a tombstone on Inniseil, Lochow, nowdeplorably defaced, a few years back it waseasy to make out the long plumes dependingfrom the conical helmets of the two men-at-armssupporting the shield. The plumes descendedto, and lower than, the shoulders. When last seen this was much obliterated bythe action of the weather. The owner of thisisland, the Duke of Argyll, has sanctioned stepsbeing taken for the better preservation of thisgrave and other tombstones here found, andthese are being carried out under the eyes H. the Princess Louise, Marchioness ofLo
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