Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . d a verseof Psalm cxliv. outside. Its gilding,inlaying of niello, crystals, coralbeads, and apertures in the platingthrough which peeped some col-oured fabric, must once have givenit a most brilliant, highly decoratedeffect. Below the rim each of thefour sides has lettering in a panel oftwo lines ; but the upper line of eachpanel has nothing whatever to dowith the lower, except only on thefourth side; and it is apparentlythrough his omitting to notice thisthat Scott made such a remarkable hash of the legend and date is 1493 ; and
Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . d a verseof Psalm cxliv. outside. Its gilding,inlaying of niello, crystals, coralbeads, and apertures in the platingthrough which peeped some col-oured fabric, must once have givenit a most brilliant, highly decoratedeffect. Below the rim each of thefour sides has lettering in a panel oftwo lines ; but the upper line of eachpanel has nothing whatever to dowith the lower, except only on thefourth side; and it is apparentlythrough his omitting to notice thisthat Scott made such a remarkable hash of the legend and date is 1493 ; and the inscription, when expanded and trans-lated, asserts that Catherine ONeill, wife of John Macguire,Prince of Fermanagh, caused the cup to be made ; after whichfollows, OcIII! omnium in te sperant, etc. In two other glass cases are the letters of thanks indited byJohnson and Sir Walter, after their respective visits. Johnsonwrites, Sept. 28, 1773, to his host, the twentieth chief: —Weare now on the margin of the sea, waiting for a boat — Boswell. DUNVEGAN CUP
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