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''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} ''' (until 1990 London Hospital) | ''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} ''' (until 1990 London Hospital) | ||
[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center| | [[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
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'''Arms''' : Quarterly argent and gules, a cross couped counterchanged; on a chief azure three ostrich feathers of the first quilled Or. <br> | '''Arms''' : Quarterly argent and gules, a cross couped counterchanged; on a chief azure three ostrich feathers of the first quilled Or. <br> | ||
'''Motto''': Humani nihil a me alienum puto. | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': Humani nihil a me alienum puto. | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted on November 25, 1927. | The arms were officially granted on November 25, 1927. | ||
The three ostrich feathers in chief represent the "Feathers Tavern" in Cheapside, London, in which the founders of the hospital met in 1740 to discuss their proposals for a voluntary hospital. | |||
The red cross on a white background is common to many medical institutions, but coloured to emphasize the "L" for "London". Red and silver are also the colours of London. | |||
The motto is an abbreviated version of the initial motto chosen for the hospital by its founders - "Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto", which is a quotation from the Roman playwright Terence, meaning "I am a man, and I think nothing human is alien to me". | |||
The motto was placed in the school by one of the founders, William Blizard, 'in order that the students should have constantly before us an admonition to Humanity drawn from a reflection of our own wants' | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}1.jpg|center|400 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a building([https://www.theheraldrysociety.com source]) | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | |||
Background by Stewart Lloyd, quote on motto from Archie Clark-Kennedy's two volume history of The London | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1927]] | [[Category:Granted 1927]] | ||