. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. s of King JamesVL and Charles L, made the two following Epigrams upon this prelate :— I. Jam quod Aberdoniai doctis Academia MusisFloreat, et celsum tollat in astra caput,Ut labor ille sui, nunc sit laus ista Gavini;Hie posuit tantje prima»elementa scholar. II. Circa Aberdoniam tumidis Dona labitur undis ;Turgidus, et nullis trajiciendus equis :Huic pontem hie fecit cum condere, numquidOstendit verum se fore Pontificem ? MKenzies Lives of Scots ]Vriters, ii., p. 6
. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. s of King JamesVL and Charles L, made the two following Epigrams upon this prelate :— I. Jam quod Aberdoniai doctis Academia MusisFloreat, et celsum tollat in astra caput,Ut labor ille sui, nunc sit laus ista Gavini;Hie posuit tantje prima»elementa scholar. II. Circa Aberdoniam tumidis Dona labitur undis ;Turgidus, et nullis trajiciendus equis :Huic pontem hie fecit cum condere, numquidOstendit verum se fore Pontificem ? MKenzies Lives of Scots ]Vriters, ii., p. 612. X Son of James, eighth Earl of Moray, who was grandson of John Dunbar, fifth Earlof Moray, who was grandson of Sir Thomas Ranulph, first Earl of Moray, the nephew ofRobert Bruce. Sir Alexander died loth March, 1497-8. His efligy on his tomb in the DunbarAisle in the Cathedral at Elgin has three cushions on its breast. The Bishop could thusclaim a right to use the cushions, as being the son of the great great great grandson of SirThomas Ranulph, first Earl of Moray. Cf. Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot., vol. xxii., p.
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