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==Burgh/City== | ==Burgh/City== | ||
Additions : 1896 [[Portobello]], 1920 [[Leith]]<br> | Additions: 1856 [[Calton (Edinburgh)|Calton]], [[Canongate]], [[Portsburgh]]; 1896 [[Portobello]], 1920 [[Leith]]<br> | ||
Incorporated into : 1975 Edinburgh District Council in the [[Lothian]] Regional Council (1996 Edinburgh City Council) | Incorporated into: 1975 Edinburgh District Council in the [[Lothian]] Regional Council (1996 Edinburgh City Council) | ||
[[File:edinburg.jpg|center|Coat of arms of Edinburgh]] | [[File:edinburg.jpg|center|Coat of arms of Edinburgh]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Argent, a castle triple-towered and embattled Sable, masoned of the First, and topped with three fans Gules, windows and portcullis shut of the Last,. situate on a rock Proper. | Argent, a castle triple-towered and embattled Sable, masoned of the First, and topped with three fans Gules, windows and portcullis shut of the Last,. situate on a rock Proper. | ||
[Above the Shield is placed a suitable Helmet with a Mantling Sable doubled Argent,] and on a Wreath of the Colours is set for Crest an anchor wreathed about with a cable all Proper. Motto, in an Escrol above, "Nisi Dominus Frustra". Supported, on the dexter by a maid richly attired with her hair hanging down on her shoulders, and on the sinister by a doe, [both] Proper. | [Above the Shield is placed a suitable Helmet with a Mantling Sable doubled Argent,] and on a Wreath of the Colours is set for Crest an anchor wreathed about with a cable all Proper. Motto, in an Escrol above, "Nisi Dominus Frustra". Supported, on the dexter by a maid richly attired with her hair hanging down on her shoulders, and on the sinister by a doe, [both] Proper. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on April 21, 1732. | The arms were granted on April 21, 1732. | ||
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The sinister supporter is the doe of St. Giles, the patron saint of Edinburgh. | The sinister supporter is the doe of St. Giles, the patron saint of Edinburgh. | ||
The Latin motto is an abridgement of Psalm | The Latin motto is an abridgement of Psalm 127:I: "Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:Edinburghseal.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Edinburgh|Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s | |||
File:Edinburgh.mit.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Edinburgh|The arms on a [[Mitchell Town Seals|Mitchell's]] cigarette card, 1911 | |||
File:Edinburgh.tho.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Edinburgh|The arms on a cigarette card, 1906 | |||
File:Edinburgh.wb1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Edinburgh|The arms on a [[Wills's - Borough arms I|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1906 | |||
File:Edinburgh.haguk.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Edinburgh|The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935 | |||
File:Edinburgh.dex.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Edinburgh|The arms on a [[Dexter's - UK Borough arms|Dexters]] cigarette card, 1905 | |||
File:Edinburgh.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Edinburgh|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:edinburgh.cva.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Edinburgh|The arms in the [[Continentale Verlags-Anstalt]] album, +/- 1910 | |||
File:Edinburgh.cal.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Edinburgh|The arms as used on a postcard +/- 1910 | |||
File:Edinburgh.fau.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Edinburgh|The arms as used on a [[UK Town arms (Faulkner)|Faulkner postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
</gallery> | |||
==District Council== | ==District Council== | ||
Additions : 1975 Edinburgh City, [[Queensferry]]<br> | Additions: 1975 Edinburgh City, [[Queensferry]]<br> | ||
Incorporated into : 1996 Edinburgh City Council | Incorporated into: 1996 Edinburgh City Council | ||
[[File:edinburghd.jpg|center]] | [[File:edinburghd.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Argent, a castle triple-towered and embattled Sable, masoned of the First and topped with three fans Gules, win dows and portcullis shut of the Last, situate on a rock Proper. | Argent, a castle triple-towered and embattled Sable, masoned of the First and topped with three fans Gules, win dows and portcullis shut of the Last, situate on a rock Proper. | ||
Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to , a statutory District, videlicet:- a circlet richly chased, from which are issuant eight thistle-heads (three and two halves visible) Or; and on a Wreath of the Colours is set for Crest an anchor wreathed about with a cable all Proper; and in an Escrol over the same this Motto ''Nisi Dominus Frustra''; and on a Compartment below the Shield are set for Supporters, on the dexter, a maid richly attired with her hair hanging down her shoulders, and on the sinister, a doe, Proper. | Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to , a statutory District, videlicet:- a circlet richly chased, from which are issuant eight thistle-heads (three and two halves visible) Or; and on a Wreath of the Colours is set for Crest an anchor wreathed about with a cable all Proper; and in an Escrol over the same this Motto ''Nisi Dominus Frustra''; and on a Compartment below the Shield are set for Supporters, on the dexter, a maid richly attired with her hair hanging down her shoulders, and on the sinister, a doe, Proper. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on January 21, 1975. | The arms were granted on January 21, 1975. | ||
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==City Council== | ==City Council== | ||
Additions : 1996 Edinburgh District Council | Additions: 1996 Edinburgh District Council<br> | ||
Community councils using arms : [[Currie]], [[Kirkliston]], [[Portobello]], [[Queensferry]] | |||
[[File:edinburgh2.jpg|center]] | [[File:edinburgh2.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Argent, a castle triple-towered and embattled Sable, masoned of the First and topped with three fans Gules, windows and portcullis shut of the Last, situate on a rock Proper. | Argent, a castle triple-towered and embattled Sable, masoned of the First and topped with three fans Gules, windows and portcullis shut of the Last, situate on a rock Proper. | ||
Above the Shield is placed a Coronet appropriate to the Council of a City, videlicet: a mural coronet Or masoned Sable, and on a wreath of the Liveries is set for Crest an anchor wreathed about with a cable all Proper, in allusion to the maritime associations of the said Council; and in an Escrol over the same this Motto "Nisi Dominus Frustra"; and on a Compartment below the Shield are set for Supporters, on the dexter, a maid richly attired with her hair hanging down her shoulders, and on the sinister, a doe Proper. | Above the Shield is placed a Coronet appropriate to the Council of a City, videlicet: a mural coronet Or masoned Sable, and on a wreath of the Liveries is set for Crest an anchor wreathed about with a cable all Proper, in allusion to the maritime associations of the said Council; and in an Escrol over the same this Motto "Nisi Dominus Frustra"; and on a Compartment below the Shield are set for Supporters, on the dexter, a maid richly attired with her hair hanging down her shoulders, and on the sinister, a doe Proper. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on July 18, 1996. | The arms were granted on July 18, 1996. | ||
These are the former City arms with a crown of a city council instead of the helmet. | These are the former City arms with a crown of a city council instead of the helmet. | ||
==The arms as used in the town== | |||
(images December 2016) | |||
{|align="center" | |||
|align="center"|[[File:Edinburgh5.jpg|350 px|center|Arms of Edinburgh]] <br/>Gate | |||
|align="center"|[[File:Edinburgh6.jpg|350 px|center|Arms of Edinburgh]] <br/>Monument | |||
|- | |||
|align="center"|[[File:Edinburgh7.jpg|350 px|center|arms of Edinburgh]] <br/>near town hall | |||
|align="center"|[[File:Edinburgh8.jpg|350 px|center|arms of Edinburgh]] <br/>Town hall | |||
|- | |||
|align="center"|[[File:Edinburgh9.jpg|350 px|center|arms of Edinburgh]] <br/>Monument in St. Giles Cathedral | |||
|align="center"|[[File:Edinburgh10.jpg|350 px|center|arms of Edinburgh]] <br/>in the town | |||
|} | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974, 1979, 2001 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974, 1979, 2001 | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities E]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities E]] |
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