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From the Great Seal of Alexander I, King of Scotland

From the Great Seal of Alexander I, King of Scotland.jpg The Forth BridgeThumbnailsScotch bagpipe, eighteenth centuryThe Forth BridgeThumbnailsScotch bagpipe, eighteenth centuryThe Forth BridgeThumbnailsScotch bagpipe, eighteenth centuryThe Forth BridgeThumbnailsScotch bagpipe, eighteenth centuryThe Forth BridgeThumbnailsScotch bagpipe, eighteenth centuryThe Forth BridgeThumbnailsScotch bagpipe, eighteenth century

Seal of Alexander I., King of Scotland : 1107-1124. The figure is armed in hauberk with continuous coif, apparently of chain-mail ; worn over a tunic or gambeson, seen at the wrist and skirt. Conical nasal helmet, lance with streamer, kite-shield, and goad-spur, are the other items of the equipment. The leg does not shew any armour, though the softening of the wax may have obliterated markings which originally indicated a defensive provision at this part. The ornaments of the portrait are usual at this period.