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[[File: | [[File:yangon.rel.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
* (1877 arms) Argent, on a champagne a palm tree proper. Affixed thereto is a shield bearing the arms of the See of Winchester. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
{{ | The current arms are based on the arms adopted in 1877 when the see was established. The historical arms, see below, showed a palm tree and the arms of the [[Diocese of Winchester]], as the diocese was endowed by Winchester in 1877 and the first Bishop was from there. | ||
The current arms keep the design, but with the additional dates 1877-2001 in the Burmese alphabet. The colours of the inescutcheon have been changed. | |||
The historical arms :<br> | |||
[[File:rangoon.rel.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] | |||
====Arms of Bishops==== | ====Arms of Bishops==== | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : | [[Literature]] : Woodward, 1894 | ||
[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of Myanmar]] | [[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of Myanmar]] | ||
[[Category:Anglican dioceses]] | [[Category:Anglican dioceses]] |
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