under of the diocese, King Charlesthe Mortyr. And this might even yet be done by adoptingBishop Lindsays device, and placing a crown in the baseof the shield. Thus, while the saltire would still serve todenote the connection between the diocese of Edinburgh andthe parent see of St. Andrews, the… … CHAPTER VIII. Aberdeen. The common seal of the city of Aberdeen has had aninteresting history. The oldest seal which has come downto u^, attached to a charter of 1179, bore on its obverseside a ligure of St. Nicholas mitred and his hand raised inbenediction. The inscription runs :— signum beati…
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