This is the coat of arms over the door of Mary Queen of Scots house (Well, not the door, rather the gate that leads to it). It is quite different from this other coat of arms,
so I'm not sure whether it has been replaced at some point in the past.
Boeciana said...
The link isn't working, so I don't know which coat of arms you're comparing it too. Not that my knowledge of Scottish heraldry is that extensive, alas.
Galilei said...
In general, I would try to avoid putting other's people images on the blogger. Thank you for the comment.
Boeciana said...
The carving you post is definitely not Stewart, nor has it ever been. The sinister part (on the right as you look, if I've got that right) is Scott of Buccleuch, but I don't know what it's impaled with. So it's a husband and wife's arms, but I can never remember which is meant to go on the sinister. To go by the Mary-Queen-of-Scots-House link, the house wasn't a Stewart or royal property anyway; it just sounds like she got to use it once. Queen-Elizabeth-slept-here type stuff. Unless your visit revealed otherwise? The carving also looks no earlier than late C16 or C17, in any case, but I'm going well past my own knowledge in saying that.
Galilei said...
If the tradition is similar to the one in the south of Italy, then it should be Wife at the left of her Husband.
I mean, yes, it seems that she stayed only four weeks in the house, but it looks like it is there that she got the fever...
