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The armorial ensigns of the royal burgh of Aberdeen : with some observations on the legend relating to the capture and demolition of the castle (1888)

Cruickshank, John · Aberdeen : J. and J.P. Edmond and Spark · leaf 54

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of the Royal Burgh of Aberdeen. 17 Vaus appears as holding the office, then designatedAlderman, in the years 1429 and 1430; as wellas in years before and after these dates. On the obverse of this seal the arms appear on ashield as one tower# (the upper portion rising outof a battlemented… … leopards, but represented with leonine manes, andwith tufts on the tips of the tails, which pass downbehind their legs ; their faces are in profile, and ascroll, the ends of which are held in their mouths,contains the motto BON ACCORD. tr On the reverse of the seal, within a masonedwall, having an…

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