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In the same list, we find a Jewel presented to the
Queen by her favourite. Sir Christopher Hatton, with
the device of a blind man going over a bridge, led by
a dog, garnished with rubies, and certain verses on the
back.'
In Bannatyne's Memorials, there is an account of a
curious Emblematic Jewel, which in 1570 was sent to
Queen Mary, and excited the suspicion of Randolph
the English Ambassador in Scotland, who despatched
an account of it to England. It is thus described :
" A prettie hart horn, not exceeding in quantity
" the palm of a man's hand ; artificially wrought, and
" perfected at all points with gold : In the head of it
" was curiously engraven the Arms of Scotland : In
" the nether part of it was a throne and a gentlewoman
" sitting in the same, in her robe royal, with a Crown
" upon her head, under her foot was a rose environed
" with a Thistle, and under that were two lions, the
" one bigger and the other less : The bigger lion held
Nichols' Progresses of Queen Elizabeth, vol. 2d. pp. 65. 74.
In the same list, we find a Jewel presented to the
Queen by her favourite. Sir Christopher Hatton, with
the device of a blind man going over a bridge, led by
a dog, garnished with rubies, and certain verses on the
back.'
In Bannatyne's Memorials, there is an account of a
curious Emblematic Jewel, which in 1570 was sent to
Queen Mary, and excited the suspicion of Randolph
the English Ambassador in Scotland, who despatched
an account of it to England. It is thus described :
" A prettie hart horn, not exceeding in quantity
" the palm of a man's hand ; artificially wrought, and
" perfected at all points with gold : In the head of it
" was curiously engraven the Arms of Scotland : In
" the nether part of it was a throne and a gentlewoman
" sitting in the same, in her robe royal, with a Crown
" upon her head, under her foot was a rose environed
" with a Thistle, and under that were two lions, the
" one bigger and the other less : The bigger lion held
Nichols' Progresses of Queen Elizabeth, vol. 2d. pp. 65. 74.
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| Histories of Scottish families > Historical notes on the Lennox or Darnley jewel, the property of the Queen > (52) Page 36 |
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| Description | London : William Nicol, Shakspeare Press, 1843. "The following Notes ... written by Patrick Fraser Tytler, Esq., in obedience to the order of the Queen, are printed by Her Majesty's Command"--Preface. "'A golden heart, set with jewels, ... made by order of Lady Margaret Douglas mother of Henry Lord Darnley in memory of her husband Mathew Stewart Earl of Lennox and Regent of Scotland ... '"--Page 2. Chromolithographic plate drawn by H. Shaw. |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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