The bank's coat of arms, which dates from 1701, is a saltire (St Andrew's cross) for Scotland with gold circles or bezants in between the arms of the cross to suggest coins.
Thursday, 25 September 2014
Bank of Scotland Museum of the Mound
Two minutes' walk from Waverley Station is a fascinating museum you should not miss if you are in Edinburgh: the Bank of Scotland's Museum of the Mound. As well as a very interesting display of coinage and banknotes and as a history of Scotland's oldest bank, there is some good heraldry on display.
The last one is a very witty roll of winners of the Bank's gold competition with the bank's motto "Tanto uberior" - "so much more plentiful"
Saturday, 6 September 2014
Tournament Melée
Here is a poster, painted by Mark Dennis, of a tournament melée as it might have appeared before King Robert the Bruce and Queen Elizabeth to celebrate the first birthday of their son, Prince David (late King David II) on 5th March 1325.
You can identify some of the participants from the key below:
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