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'''Wapen''': Ingeskulp deursnede, silwer en rooi, in die skildhoof 'n voorstelling van 'n boomkladogram van swart en in die skildvoet 'n voorstelling van DNA-spirale van silwer en goud.<br> | |||
'''Helmteken''': 'n Asende breekoparend met vlerke omhoog, van natuurlike kleur.<br> | |||
'''Wrong en Dekklede''': Silwer en rooi.<br> | |||
'''Wapenspreuk''': VITAE COGNOSCERE CAUSAS | |||
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'''Arms''': Per fess invected, Argent and Gules, in chief a representation of a tree cladogram Sable and in base a representation of DNA spirals Argent and Or.<br> | |||
'''Crest''': A martial eagle with wings displayed preying, proper. <br> | |||
'''Wreath and mantling''': Argent and Gules.<br> | |||
'''Motto''': VITAE COGNOSCERE CAUSAS | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted on August 21, 1991. | |||
In these arms the charge in chief is a tree cladogram, a symbol of the evolutionary process and thus well-known in the natural history museum context. It is shown in conjunction with a DNA spiral, the key of life. | |||
The martial eagle chosen for the crest is displayed in the foyer of the Transvaal Museum, which is well-known for its ornithological collection. | |||
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TRANSVAAL MUSEUM
Official blazon
- (af)
Wapen: Ingeskulp deursnede, silwer en rooi, in die skildhoof 'n voorstelling van 'n boomkladogram van swart en in die skildvoet 'n voorstelling van DNA-spirale van silwer en goud.
Helmteken: 'n Asende breekoparend met vlerke omhoog, van natuurlike kleur.
Wrong en Dekklede: Silwer en rooi.
Wapenspreuk: VITAE COGNOSCERE CAUSAS
- (en)
Arms: Per fess invected, Argent and Gules, in chief a representation of a tree cladogram Sable and in base a representation of DNA spirals Argent and Or.
Crest: A martial eagle with wings displayed preying, proper.
Wreath and mantling: Argent and Gules.
Motto: VITAE COGNOSCERE CAUSAS
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on August 21, 1991.
In these arms the charge in chief is a tree cladogram, a symbol of the evolutionary process and thus well-known in the natural history museum context. It is shown in conjunction with a DNA spiral, the key of life.
The martial eagle chosen for the crest is displayed in the foyer of the Transvaal Museum, which is well-known for its ornithological collection.
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Literature : Image from The Evolution of a Distinctive South African Idiom 1963-1996, Genealogica & Heraldica Ottawa 1996