Lyon, W. T · Selkirk : The Scottish Chronicle Offices · leaf 43
arms of Sh.irp. This wouldappear to be conclusi\e, but apparently there seems to haveexisted some doubt as to the j^ropriety of the national armsbeing appropriated as tlie arms of one particular diocese,because there is a note in the Register as follows :— Albeitfor the scale of the sec, he (Sharp)… … these words in Hying escrolls on each side, regi, ecclesiae,SACRis, on the right, and auspice summo nlmine on theleft, and round the seal sigillum rotundum akchiepiscopi SAXCTI ANDREAE. This seems to indicate that, though adopted as a badgeby the Bishops of the see, the saltire, or national arms…
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