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'''[[:Category:Institutional heraldry|Institutional Heraldry]] of the World''' : | |||
* United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]] | |||
** England<br><br> | |||
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'''Arms''' : Sable, a sun in splendour Or; on a chief embattled argent three torteaux. <br> | '''Arms''' : Sable, a sun in splendour Or; on a chief embattled argent three torteaux. <br> | ||
'''Crest''': On a wreath of the colours, A griffin sejant sable, beaked and membered gules, holding in each claw an ink ball sable, the stocks gold. <br> | '''Crest''': On a wreath of the colours, A griffin sejant sable, beaked and membered gules, holding in each claw an ink ball sable, the stocks gold. <br> | ||
'''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': Imprimatur | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': Imprimatur | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted on March 1, 1965. | The arms were officially granted on March 1, 1965. | ||
In keeping with its dignity as an important corporate body, the Institute decided to apply for a grant of arms in 1964. | |||
The sun is the source of light, which is inherent in modern photo-mechanical printing methods and such new developments as film-setting. It could also, by implication, signify that printing was the source of enlightenment. In addition, it was also used as a device by Wynkyn de Worde, who could be described as the father of commercial printing and publishing in England, and his device was displayed in Fleet Street in 1500. | |||
The three torteaux on a chief embattled, resemble exactly the diagrammatic version of inking rollers on a relief or letterpress surface, using in printing instruction. | |||
The colours might refer to various inks and the argent field to paper. | |||
A demy griffin a griffin sejant was added as a crest, based on earlier arms for German printing guilds that used an eagle as a crest. The griffin holds some ink balls. | |||
Historically the word 'imprimatur' had come to mean a licence to print, but it can also be interpreted literally 'Let it be printed' or, in modern parlance, 'O.K. for press'. | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | |||
image from https://www.theheraldrysociety.com/; The Coat of Arms 79(1969)235-236. | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1965]] | [[Category:Granted 1965]] | ||