. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. om Glasgow in 1522, as having at the lower part a shieldquarterly, first and fourth, a fess between three lozenges, for Beton ;second and third, a chevron charged with an otters head, forBalfour . 122 THE HERALDIC CEILING OF ST. MACHAR. No. 36.] IV. The Bishop of Dunkeld. Gavin Douglas. Argent, a human heart gules, on a chief azure three stars of the field. Laing (ii. 172, No. 1022) describes a seal of this Bishop ashavinj^ in base a shield bearing: Quarterly, first Angus
. Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen. om Glasgow in 1522, as having at the lower part a shieldquarterly, first and fourth, a fess between three lozenges, for Beton ;second and third, a chevron charged with an otters head, forBalfour . 122 THE HERALDIC CEILING OF ST. MACHAR. No. 36.] IV. The Bishop of Dunkeld. Gavin Douglas. Argent, a human heart gules, on a chief azure three stars of the field. Laing (ii. 172, No. 1022) describes a seal of this Bishop ashavinj^ in base a shield bearing: Quarterly, first Angus, secondAbernethy, third Brechin, fourth Stewart of Bonkil ; on an escutcheonsurtout, Douglas. His nephew, Archibald, sixth Earl of Angus, bore the samequarterings and escutcheon (Laing, i. 47, No. 252). A seal of the Bishops father, Archibald, fifth Earl (Bell-the-Cat), is thus described by Laing (i. 47, No. 251) : Quarterly : firsta lion rampant for Angus (?) ; second a lion rampant debruised witha ribbon for Abernethy ; third three chevrons for Liddesdale ; fourthfretty for Lauderdale; on a surtout, Douglas. V [37]. nhmi
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