The manual of heraldry : a concise description of the several terms used and containing a dictionary of every designation in the science / by Francis J. Grant (1914)
Grant, Francis James, Sir, 1863-1953 · Edinburgh : J. Grant · leaf 152
first appearance of supporters to the Scottishroyal escutcheon is to be found on the Privy Seal ofJames I. (1429), which is supported by two lions rampantguardant. The unicorn does not appear on the Great Sealtill the reign of Queen Mary, 1555; but on one of thebuttresses of Melrose Abbey, dated… … The Arms of the King of Scotland. Ireland never having been a kingdom in the same senseas England and Scotland, did not have any arms until com-paratively modern times. The harp, now used to represent 139 Manual of Heraldry Ireland, was first introduced into the royal arms at the Unionof the Crowns…
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