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Douglas Strachan, Dunfermline Abbey

Artist/Designer: Douglas Strachan (made by Alex Strachan)

Location: Dunfermline Abbey

Subject: The marriage of Malcolm Canmore and Margaret

Date: 1932

Photographer: Rona Moody

Malcolm Canmore, King of Scots married Margaret (who was to become St Margaret) in Dunfermline and her remains were interred there. Strachan frequently depicted Margaret in blue and white which in church symbolism are usually the colours of Mary, mother of Jesus – white for purity and blue for heaven.

Douglas Strachan, Dunfermline Abbey

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