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1 PROCEEDINGS of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Our full archive of freely accessible articles covering Scottish archaeology and history is available at National Museums Scotland Chambers Street, Edinburgh Charity No SC

2 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE REGALIA OF SCOTLAND. 49 II. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE REGALIA OF SCOTLAND. By ALEXANDER J. S. BROOK, F.S.A. SOOT (PLATES 1II-V.) In the inventories of the Koyal Wardrobe and Jewel-house between the years and 1579 the Crown, the Sceptre, and the Sword of State are included, but they are described in terms so general as to be almost valueless except

3 50 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBER 9, up

4 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE KEGALIA OF SCOTLAND. 51 Session Depute Mariachal

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6 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE BEGALIA OF SCOTLAND. 53 less the finishing of a Qothiek nitche Betwixt each statue arises a rullion in forme

7 54 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBER 9, whereby it is stipulated and agreed by both parliaments that the Crown Scepter and Sword of state shall be continued to be kept as they are at present within this Kingdom of Scotland and that they shall so remain in all time coming notwithstanding

8 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE EEGALIA OF SCOTLAND. 55 Douglas eldest lawful son of captain Robert Douglas of Millrig merchant in Edinburgh. With diverse others witnesses specially called and required to the premisses. ET ego vero Alexander Baillie clericus Edinburgensis diocesis notarius publicus &c.

9 56 ' PROCEEDINGS ' OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBER 9, been done

10 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

11 58 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBER 9, 1889.

12 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

13 60, PROCEEDINGS''*}]? THE: SOCIETY, DECEMBER 9,'1889.:.. ' these bridges pass through corresponding holes in the two arches, and are fixed

14 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE KEGALIA OF SCOTLAND. 61 the centre of the back of the cross immediately as it wore behind the amethyst there

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16 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE REGALIA OF SCOTLAND. 63

17 .64. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBER 9, ' 2. JACINTH, 1 rectangular

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19 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

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21 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

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23 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OE THE REGALIA OF SCOTLAND. 69 triangular setting, filled with blue enamel; 62, triangular setting, containing a diamond, table cut, with three straight bevelled edges; 63, triangular setting, filled with blue enamel;

24 70 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBER 9, 1889." Many of them, in 'the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, attained positions

25 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE EEGALIA OF SCOTLAND. 71 their work ever approached the high excellence of that of contemporary continental goldsmiths. Nearly

26 72 PKOCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBER 9, This crown was delivered to James V. at Holyrood on the 13th February following.

27 TECHNICAL DESCBIPTIOK

28 *74 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBER 9, and new crowns, which sheds in itself an almost conclusive light in corroboration of this view. In the payment for the reconstruction of the crown in 1540, it is mentioned that 41 \ ounces of gold of the mint were then added, and the total weight of the crown when complete is stated

29 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE REGALIA OF SCOTLAND. 75 the fact, that though the settings of the diamonds and of the white topazes

30 76 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBER 9,'1889. discrepancy

31 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE REGALIA OF SCOTLAND. 77 form and cutting are various. with Six of them are triangular in form, cut

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33 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE REGALIA OF SCOTLAND. 79 little doubt that all these diamonds are both of Indian origin and Indian cutting. To determine their antiquity from the technique of their cutting alone is impossible, but the styles in which they are cut are among

34 80 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBER 9, crown. There

35 TECHNICAL DESCBIPTION

36 82 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBER 9, 1889.

37 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE REGALIA OF SCOTLAND. 83 on the coinage, and it may even have been originally surmounted by a mound

38 84. PEOCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBER 9, fine, while that

39 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

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41 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

42 88. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBER 9, wore at Bannockburn, consisted of nothing more than a mere fillet, then it could not, in form at least, have been part of the crown of the painting, for

43 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

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45 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE EEGALIA OF SCOTLAND. 91 obtained from the mines

46 92 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBEE 9, which,

47 TECHNICAL DESCBIPTION

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49 V M Fig. 18. Engraved Ornamentation on the Rod of the Sceptre (scale, ).

50 96 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBEE 9, in the centre, on one of the plain sides of the rod, is engraved the letter tt ; between 1 and 3 is the letter Ira:', and between 3 and 2 is the numeral X, for Jacobus Rex V. The upper.division of the rod (measuring between knop and capital 7f- inches)

51 Fig.

52 98 PROCEEDINGS

53 Fig. 22. Head of the Sceptre, with the Globe of Rock Crystal and Finial (scale, f).

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55 TECHNICAL DESCKIPTION OF THE EEGALIA OF SCOTLAND. 101 been elegant: it would be fashioned of delicate repousse work, and that

56 102 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBER 9, 1889.

57 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE KEGALIA OF SCOTLAND. 103

58 104 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBER 9, of the original sceptre, while the lower division is as unquestionably entirely an addition. The three ornamented sides (Nos. 4, 5, and 6, fig. 18) of the upper division are Italian in design, and belong to the style known as grotesque. Ornaments of a similar character will be found frequently on work during the transition between the Gothic and the Kennaissance periods.

59 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

60 106 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBER 9, The length of the barrel or grip, commonly called the handle, is Fig.

61 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OP THE REGALIA OF SCOTLAND. 107 lower portion of the ornament on the knop is formed of leaves, displayed. Immediately above and below the central knop the handle Fig.

62 108 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBER 9, The thinness of the metal of which the handle is made has admitted of its.being very much bruised and knocked out of shape. It is much broken at the point where the pommel joins the handle. The traverse guard of the sword is 17 inches from extremity to extremity.

63 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE REGALIA OF SCOTLAND. 109 foils, united with

64 no PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBEB 9, of the tiara, senile of crosses, and terminating b in Q g fi o rib ft

65 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE EEGALTA OF SCOTLAND. Ill

66 112 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBER 9, 1889.

67 Fig. 30. Ornamentation on the Central Division of the Back of the Scabbard of the Sword of State (scale one-half). Tig. 31. Ornamentation on the Tip of

68

69 BELT

70 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

71 116 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBER 9, was not mentioned in the Act of Delivery and Depositation of 1707, found along with them in the chest, and in which the Regalia are described. In the Papers Relative to the Regalia, Sir Walter Scott states that this proved to be

72 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

73 118 ' PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBER 9, '. this would point to its being earlier than mark also confirms this view. Besides Edinburgh, silver plate The character of the

74 .TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

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76 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

77 122 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBER 9, on horseback, encountering the dragon with a spear. The obverse (fig.

78 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE KEGALIA OF SCOTLAND 123 containing a rose diamond, which is also amissing (both collet and stone). The reverse (fig. 36) is enamelled in the following colours : Horse body, white

79 124 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBER 9, many hands, and such strange vicissitudes, without suffering loss and damage.

80 Fig. 37. Collar and Great George worn by Charles II.

81 12B PROCEEDINGS

82 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE BEGALIA OF SCOTLAND. 127 Order, then incontinent

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84 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE BEGALIA OF SCOTLAND. 129 Proctor 1 at the Installation, and that James V. bestowed on Garter 2 " a gown

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86 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

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89 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

90 134.' PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBER. 9, the Thistle," If it existed at all before the sixteenth century, its origin, is certainly shrouded in mystery. 1 But it was revived-^or as some say instituted -by James, V. in Already he had received in 1534

91 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE KEGALIA OF SCOTLAND. 135 reviving and renewing the Order of the Thistle, and at the same time be promulgated

92 136 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, DECEMBER 9, Originally

93 pass TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE KEGALIA OF SCOTLAND. 137

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95 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE REGALIA OF SCOTLAND. 139 THE RUBY RING.. Along with the ensigns of the Orders of the Garter and the Thistle, Cardinal York bequeathed to George IIL a Ruby and Diamond Finger Ring (fig. 39). In its centre there is a large ruby. ( inch long by ^ inch wide) of an oblong oval form. The ruby is very thin, and the table is accordingly large or spread. The upper portion of the stone between the edge or girdle and

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97 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

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99 DONATIONS

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101 DONATIONS

102 146 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, JANUAEY 13, There were exhibited :

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