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The arms of the Scottish bishoprics (1917)

Lyon, W. T · Selkirk : The Scottish Chronicle Offices · leaf 95

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cclesiastically appropriate—the ship ofthe church, bearing the ring, the symbol of eternity. Would it then be too much to hope that the presentarmorial bearings of the diocese of Caithness might beabandoned in favour of the ancient, beautiful, and appro-priate device, Azure, a Galley, or, in full… … CHAPTER XIII. Brechin. The diocese of Brechin has the honour of sharing itsarmorial bearings with the Crown. The three piles in pointwere blazoned on the arms of Henry de Brechin, natural sonof David, Earl of Huntingdon in England, and Earl ofGarioch and I-ord of Brechin in Scotland, half brother…

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