Heraldry in Scotland : including a recension of 'The law and practice of heraldry in Scotland' by the late George Seton (1914)
Stevenson, J. H. (John Horne), 1855-1939, Seton, George, 1822-1908. Law and practice of heraldry in Scotland · Glasgow, J. Maclehose · leaf 70
The ancient stone seen by Nisbet in this place {System of Heraldry, ii. pt. iv. p. 30) is nowin the chapel. Its former niche is filled by a copy. A supporter frequently appears singly inarchitectural cases. Thus the unicorn which so often ensigns the shaft of a market cross, as atEdinburgh and… … 236 HERALDRY IN SCOTLAND is on his back, slightly couche.^ Nisbet records that he had seen theunicorn, carved on the steeple of the Nether Bow of Edinburgh, similarly-bearing on his back the arms of the King.^ The armorial shield of Sir James Edmonstone of Duntreath, dated probablyabout 1600 A.D.,…
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