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 204 NOTICES OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS. nearly all the finest ecclesiastical buildings in Scotland perished, are replete with curious interest. The fervour with which religious reformation was pursued, even in trifling matters, is curiously shown in a fact recorded by Mr. Wilson. " The queen still retained the service of the mass in her own private chapel, to the great offence of the preachers ; but they had succeeded in entirely banishing it from the churches. The arms and burgh seal of Edinburgh, pi'evious to this period, contained a representation of the patron saint, St. Giles, with his hind ; but by an act of the town-council, dated 24th June, 1562, the idol was ordered to be cut out of the town's standard, and a thistle to be substituted in its place, though the saint's fawn has been since allowed to appear in his stead." A representation of the municipal seal, bearing the idol, is given, p. 73. In the year which succeeded the death of the Queen Eegent in 1560, and the departure of the French, whose protracted establishment at Leith bad been the source of frequent disorder and violence, Mary returned to her capital, and took up her residence at Holyrood. To these times, proba- bly, may be attributed some / of the picturesque relics of ancient architecture, re- presented in the numerous illustrations of the work before us. The little build- ing adjoining to the pa- lace, of which we are enabled to offer the annexed repre- sentation, is associated in an interesting manner with the history of these times,' as the outlet, according to tradition, by which the mur- derers of Rizzio effected their escape. It is known by the name of " Queen Mary's Bath." The pyra- midal or conical roofs, wth their dormer windows and lofty chimneys, the gables with corbie steps, such as appear in the view of " the Black Turnpike," where the ill-fated Mary lodged after her surrender to Morton, at Carbery Hill; these, with other architectural features, which strike the eye as marked by a French or Flemish character, may probably be attributed to the influence of foreign alliances, so frequent in the annals of Scottish history. The elegantly designed relic of carved panelling (for the accompanying representation of which our readers are indebted to the kindness of Mr. Wilson), presents liueeii Mary s Bath.