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Arms of the Scottish Bishoprics (1917)

Lyon, William Towers · Selkirk : Scottish Chronicle · leaf 117

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s. In the shield of arms of the diocese, it would be appro-priate and probably more correct, to blazon the links ofchain, not only because they seem to have had a traditionalconnection with St. Ninian, but for the sake of their historicalsignificance, as preserving the memory of one of the… … CHAPTER XVI. Argyll. The arms of the diocese of Argyll first appear, as faras we know, on the seal of Bishop Arthur Ross, who governedthe see from 1675-1679. His seal, which was round inshape, bore a shield parted per pale : dexter, two crosiersendorsed saltirewise, in chief a mitre : sinister, the…

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