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Archaeological essays (1872)

Simpson, James Young, Sir, 1811-1870, Stuart, John, 1813-1877 · Edinburgh, Edmonston and Douglas · leaf 244

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tonehas long been in the possession of the knightly family of the Lock-harts of Lee, in Lanarkshire. According to a mythical tradition,it was, in the fourteenth century, brought by Sir Simon Lockhartfrom the Holy Land, where it had been used as a medical amulet,for the arrestment of haemorrhage,…

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