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[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|400 px| | [[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|center|400 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
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'''Arms''' : Per pale sable and argent, a chevron counterchanged between in chief an opium poppy flower and a gentian flower, both slipped, proper, and in base a Roman lamp Or, inflamed also proper. <br> | '''Arms''' : Per pale sable and argent, a chevron counterchanged between in chief an opium poppy flower and a gentian flower, both slipped, proper, and in base a Roman lamp Or, inflamed also proper. <br> | ||
'''Crest''': On a wreath of the colours, An owl proper supporting with the dexter claw a gavel upright Or entwined with a serpent also proper. <br> | '''Crest''': On a wreath of the colours, An owl proper supporting with the dexter claw a gavel upright Or entwined with a serpent also proper. <br> | ||
'''Supporters''': On the dexter side a unicorn Or, armed, crined and unguled argent, and on the sinister side a lynx proper, spotted azure, gules, vert, Or and argent, and ducally gorged and chained of the last. <br> | '''Supporters''': On the dexter side a unicorn Or, armed, crined and unguled argent, and on the sinister side a lynx proper, spotted azure, gules, vert, Or and argent, and ducally gorged and chained of the last. <br> | ||
'''Motto''': Cum scientia caritas. | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': Cum scientia caritas. | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
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The opium poppy and gentian flowers are examples of the simple remedies used for centuries, and still used in daily practice. The lighted lamp is taken direct from the crest of the [[Royal College of Nursing]], and will serve as a perpetual reminder of how much is owed to the sister profession. | The opium poppy and gentian flowers are examples of the simple remedies used for centuries, and still used in daily practice. The lighted lamp is taken direct from the crest of the [[Royal College of Nursing]], and will serve as a perpetual reminder of how much is owed to the sister profession. | ||
The supporters are a unicorn and a lynx. The unicorn comes from the | The supporters are a unicorn and a lynx. The unicorn comes from the arms of The [[Worshipful Society of Apothecaries]] granted to the apothecaries in 1671. The horn of the unicorn had been always credited with miraculous powers. When used as a drinking cup it protects | ||
against 'poison, convulsions and epilepsy'". | against 'poison, convulsions and epilepsy'". | ||
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The motto, " Cum Scientia Caritas " might be translated, " with skill, tender loving care ". | The motto, " Cum Scientia Caritas " might be translated, " with skill, tender loving care ". | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | |||
Journal of the College of General Practitioners 5(1962)1–2. | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1961]] | [[Category:Granted 1961]] | ||