. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. t in form of a dove ascendsfrom the head of the Son to the mouth of the Father. Surroundingthe representation are four circular tablets bearing the evangelisticemblems ; the background is diapered with a lozenge enclosing a the lower part of the seal, within a niche, is a figure of a bishopkneeling at prayer, and at each side is a shield ; the dexter bears withina double tressure flowered and counter flowered three cushions, andthe sinister bears the Lion of Scotland. The inscription is not quiteperfect but seems
. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. t in form of a dove ascendsfrom the head of the Son to the mouth of the Father. Surroundingthe representation are four circular tablets bearing the evangelisticemblems ; the background is diapered with a lozenge enclosing a the lower part of the seal, within a niche, is a figure of a bishopkneeling at prayer, and at each side is a shield ; the dexter bears withina double tressure flowered and counter flowered three cushions, andthe sinister bears the Lion of Scotland. The inscription is not quiteperfect but seems to be— S JOHIS D. PILMORE DEI ET APLl(CE SEDIS) GRA EPI MOR(AVIENSIS). No. 2. Seal of John Winchester (1437-1460). A representation ofthe Trinity ; in this the right hand is raised and the figures are beneatha canopy supported with pillars. The inscription is on a scrollsurrounding— S ROTUNDU JOHANNIS EPI MORAVIEN. No. 3. Seal of Andrew Forman (1501, translated 1514). A beautifullydesigned and executed seal ; unfortunately it is a little broken ; the V j&-^***. ELGIN PAST AND PRESENT 245 parts that remain are, however, very perfect. A triple canopy, richlyornamented and supported by slender pillars ; beneath the centreone, the usual representation of the Trinity; beneath the dexter canopjr,the Virgin and infant Jesus ; beneath the sinister, a figure of MaryMagdelene with the box of spikenard ; the background diapered with alozenge enclosing a fleur-de-lis. At the lower part is a shield theupper part of which only remains, showing it to have been quarterly ;first, a chevron between three fishes haurient for Forman ; second, agoose with a bell fastened round its neck. Inscription :— S ANDREA EPI MO(RAVIENS COM)MENDA (TARII DE COLDINGH)AM ETCOTINGHAM. LIST OF THE BISHOPS OF MORAY ACCORDING TO BISHOPDOWDEN In my text the dates of the various Roman Catholic bishops havebeen taken from Shaw, Keith, and the earlier writers, but in the morerecent researches of Bishop Dowden—Th
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