Lacunar basilicae Sancti Macarii, aberdonensis: the heraldic ceiling of the cathedral church of St. Machar, old Aberdeen (1888)
Geddes, W. D., Sir (William Duguid), 1828-1900, Duguid, Peter · Aberdeen : Printed for the New Spalding Club · leaf 119
early as 1364. The original meaning of the emblem has not been conclusivelyexplained, the vexed question whether it was named from the iris-flower or from a spear-head, to both of which it bears some resem-blance, never having been decided. Montagu {Guide to the Studyof Heraldry, p. 6) says: The… … 36il]Jiuuizum3li^Bi^. IV [4]
Old Machar Church (Aberdeen, Scotland) · Heraldry -- Scotland · Heraldry, Ornamental
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