A profusion of bosses in the vaults of the Thistle Chapel, St Giles High Kirk, Edinburgh, Scotland. The foliate bosses depict the national flowers of the countries of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The angelic bosses hold the shields of the eight Knights at the time of the Order’s foundation and the six Knights added by Queen Anne. The central bosses depict the Royal arms of Scotland, Saint Giles, the star of the Order of the Thistle, Saint Andrew, and the Pelican in her piety.
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