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===Official blazon=== | |||
Azure, an open book proper, edged gold, inscribed with the words 'Disce Doce', between in fess two sheaves of eight arrows interlaced saltireways and banded argent, in chief an open crown Or, and in base a rose also argent, barbed and seeded proper. Motto: Rerum cognoscere causas. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on June 28, 1905. | |||
The open book is a symbol of learning and has the inscription Disce Doce (Learn and Teach). On either side is a sheaf of eight silver arrows, which is derived from the shield of old Sheffield. The gold crown is the Crown of Success and the White Rose of York denotes the University's home county. | |||
The motto is the motto of Firth College, Rerum Cognoscere Causas (To Discover the Causes of Things) from Virgil's Georgics II, 490. | |||
{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:sheffield.wun.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms on a [[Wills's - Arms of Universities|tobacco card]] 1923 | |align="center"|[[File:sheffield.wun.jpg|400 px|center]] <br/>The arms on a [[Wills's - Arms of Universities|tobacco card]] 1923 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:sheffield2.jpg|400 px|center]] <br/>The arms at the university (image by Arthas Xiangbo Meng) | |||
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[[Literature]]: Univ. Sheffield website | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom (Universities)]] | [[Category:United Kingdom (Universities)]] | ||
[[Category:Universities]] | [[Category:Universities]] | ||
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UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
Country: United Kingdom
Campus/location : Sheffield
Official blazon
Azure, an open book proper, edged gold, inscribed with the words 'Disce Doce', between in fess two sheaves of eight arrows interlaced saltireways and banded argent, in chief an open crown Or, and in base a rose also argent, barbed and seeded proper. Motto: Rerum cognoscere causas.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on June 28, 1905.
The open book is a symbol of learning and has the inscription Disce Doce (Learn and Teach). On either side is a sheaf of eight silver arrows, which is derived from the shield of old Sheffield. The gold crown is the Crown of Success and the White Rose of York denotes the University's home county.
The motto is the motto of Firth College, Rerum Cognoscere Causas (To Discover the Causes of Things) from Virgil's Georgics II, 490.
 The arms on a tobacco card 1923 |
 The arms at the university (image by Arthas Xiangbo Meng) |
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