. The arms of the Scottish bishoprics. raditicMial patron of Edinburgh and its parishchurch. Either of these saints or their symbols mighthave been adopted as armorial bearings of the diocese, inaccordance with the general Scottish custom, by which thediocesan arms were dcri\ed from the devices allusive totheir Patrons borne on their seals by the mediaevalBishops. Or, as the present arms do not appear toha\e been used before the restoration, it would havebeen appropriate if they had been made to bear somecharge allusive to the founder of the diocese, King Charlesthe Mnrtyr. And this might even
. The arms of the Scottish bishoprics. raditicMial patron of Edinburgh and its parishchurch. Either of these saints or their symbols mighthave been adopted as armorial bearings of the diocese, inaccordance with the general Scottish custom, by which thediocesan arms were dcri\ed from the devices allusive totheir Patrons borne on their seals by the mediaevalBishops. Or, as the present arms do not appear toha\e been used before the restoration, it would havebeen appropriate if they had been made to bear somecharge allusive to the founder of the diocese, King Charlesthe Mnrtyr. And this might even yet 1)6 clone by adoptingBishop Lindsays device, and placing a crown in the baseof the shield. Thus, while the snllire would still serve todenote the connection between the diocese of Edinburgh andthe parent see of St. Andrews, the open crown would be areminder oi the royal founder of the diocese, as well as ofthe crown of martyrdom which he won. The arms are blazoned thus :— Azure, a Sal/ire argenl,in chief a mitre, garnished or.^. CHAPTER VIII. Aberdeen. The common seal of the city of Aberdeen has had aninteresting history. The oldest seal which has come downto us, attached to a charter of 1179, bore on its obverseside a figure of St. Nicholas mitred and his hand raised inbenediction. The inscription runs :— signum beati nicolaiABERDONENSis ; and the reverse side bore the represen-tation of a large church or other building with three spires. St. Nicholas was the patron saint of the Parish Churchof Aberdeen : being regarded as the patron saint of sailors,we often find churches dedicated to him in seaports, ,Newcastle and Yarmouth, etc. The building on the reverse side of the seal was probablya conventional picture of the town, and in all likelihood,the three spiies which surmount the building have in processof time developed into the arms, the three rowers, whichare at present borne by the city. Thus, while the reverseaide of the ancient seal has developed into the ar
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