The archaeology and prehistoric annals of Scotland . - Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, hy the it now is, in order to obtain access to it for late Captain Campbell of Inistore, in 1833, the purpose of making a drawing from the but I have been unsuccessful in several at- original. 578 THE CHRISTIAN PERIOD. patterns wrought on the shields of the former Ijear such close resem-blance to heraldic distinctions that they admit of intelligible descrip-tion according to rules of blazonry, yet they are all evidently merearbitrary ornaments and not bearings; whereas on one of the shieldsof the latter
The archaeology and prehistoric annals of Scotland . - Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, hy the it now is, in order to obtain access to it for late Captain Campbell of Inistore, in 1833, the purpose of making a drawing from the but I have been unsuccessful in several at- original. 578 THE CHRISTIAN PERIOD. patterns wrought on the shields of the former Ijear such close resem-blance to heraldic distinctions that they admit of intelligible descrip-tion according to rules of blazonry, yet they are all evidently merearbitrary ornaments and not bearings; whereas on one of the shieldsof the latter knight we have a curious and very early example ofdimidiation in heraldry,—a fleur-de-lys dimidiated on a diapered.
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