Lyon, W. T · Selkirk : The Scottish Chronicle Offices · leaf 75
gave his name to the cathedral of Kirkwall.And although St. Magnus was not in himself a particularlystriking figure, the arms are appropriate and interestingin their allusion to a past epoch in Scottish history, whenthe Northern islands were under the sway of the King ofNorway, and the diocese of… … CHAPTER X. Moray. The arms of the diocese of Moray, like those of Aber-deen, are derived not from the dedication of the cathedral,as is common in Scotland, but from that of the parishchurch of the cathedral city. The diocesan arms of Morayare in fact nothing- more than an adaptation of the…
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