. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. liest known appearance of the heart, which was added tocommemorate the action of the good Sir James Douglas in settingout to carry the Bruces heart to the Holy Land (an intentionfrustrated by his death in Spain), is on the seal of William, firstEarl of Douglas, c. 1356 (Laing, i. 44, No. 236). In the Armorial de Gelre Count a Douglas bears: Quarterly,first and fourth Douglas; second and third Azure, a bend betweensix cross crosslets fitchce or, for Mar. Two examples of th
. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. liest known appearance of the heart, which was added tocommemorate the action of the good Sir James Douglas in settingout to carry the Bruces heart to the Holy Land (an intentionfrustrated by his death in Spain), is on the seal of William, firstEarl of Douglas, c. 1356 (Laing, i. 44, No. 236). In the Armorial de Gelre Count a Douglas bears: Quarterly,first and fourth Douglas; second and third Azure, a bend betweensix cross crosslets fitchce or, for Mar. Two examples of the heart crowned gules occur in Sir DavidLindsays MS., those of Douglas, Lord of Niddisdaill, and Douglasof Drumlanrig (65, 98). In the other examples of Douglas givenby him the heart is not crowned. Mr. Seton says that the heart first appears ensigned with acrown on the seal of William, eleventh Earl of Angus, in 1617, andrefers to Laings Catalogue, No. 255 {The Law and Practice of Heraldryin Scotland, p. 224, ;/. 4). The use of the crown did not becomegeneral till about the middle of the seventeenth century. VII [23]. ^m$u Qinnifif. vui [24]
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