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[[File:liverpoo.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:liverpoo.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''' : Argent a Cormorant in the beak a Branch of Seaweed called Laver all proper.<br> | '''Arms''': Argent a Cormorant in the beak a Branch of Seaweed called Laver all proper.<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : On a Wreath of the Colours a Cormorant the wings elevated in the beak a Branch of Laver proper.<br> | '''Crest''': On a Wreath of the Colours a Cormorant the wings elevated in the beak a Branch of Laver proper.<br> | ||
'''Supporters''' : On the dexter Neptune with his Sea-Green Mantle flowing the waist wreathed with Laver on his head an Eastern Crown Gold in the right hand his Trident Sable the left supporting a Banner of the | '''Supporters''': On the dexter Neptune with his Sea-Green Mantle flowing the waist wreathed with Laver on his head an Eastern Crown Gold in the right hand his Trident Sable the left supporting a Banner of the arms of Liverpool on the sinister a Triton wreathed as the dexter and blowing his Shell the right hand supporting a Banner thereon a Ship under sail in perspective all proper the Banner Staves Or.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : 'DEUS NOBIS HAEC OTIA FECIT' - God hath granted us this ease. | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': 'DEUS NOBIS HAEC OTIA FECIT' - God hath granted us this ease. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on March 22, 1797. Supporters granted on the 23rd of March 1797. | The arms were officially granted on March 22, 1797. Supporters granted on the 23rd of March 1797. | ||
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In 1644 the seal was lost and a new seal was made. For some strange reason the eagle was replaced by a cormorant, a more familiar bird in the area. It is likely that the artist mistook the eagle for a cormorant. The piece of broom was replaced by a piece of seaweed. The cormorant became later known as a mythical liver bird. | In 1644 the seal was lost and a new seal was made. For some strange reason the eagle was replaced by a cormorant, a more familiar bird in the area. It is likely that the artist mistook the eagle for a cormorant. The piece of broom was replaced by a piece of seaweed. The cormorant became later known as a mythical liver bird. | ||
The bird also appears in the arms of [[Liverpool ( | The bird also appears in the arms of [[Liverpool (New South Wales)|Liverpool]], Australia. | ||
The motto can be translated as "God has bestowed these blessings on us", and is taken from Virgil. | The motto can be translated as "God has bestowed these blessings on us", and is taken from Virgil. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
| | <gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | ||
File:liverpoolt.jpg|alt=Arms of Liverpool|The arms on a token from 1793 | |||
File:liverpool.cva.jpg|alt=Arms of Liverpool|The arms in a [[Continentale Verlags Anstalt|German album]] +/- 1910 | |||
File:liverpool.jj.jpg|alt=Arms of Liverpool|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:liverpool.wb1.jpg|alt=Arms of Liverpool|The arms on a [[Wills's - Borough arms I|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1906 | |||
| | File:liverpool.haguk.jpg|alt=Arms of Liverpool|The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | ||
File:liverpool.mit.jpg|alt=Arms of Liverpool|The arms on a [[Mitchell Town Seals|Mitchell's]] cigarette card, 1911 | |||
| | File:liverpool.thp.jpg|alt=Arms of Liverpool|The arms on a [[Thomson & Porteous - Coats of arms of British Towns|Thomson & Porteous]] cigarette card | ||
File:liverpool.fau.jpg|alt=Arms of Liverpool|The arms as used on a [[UK Town arms (Faulkner)|Faulkner postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:Liverpool.wq.jpg|alt=Arms of Liverpool|The arms in a [[Wappen Quartett|quartet game]] | |||
File:414b.wsa.jpg|alt=Arms of Liverpool|The arms in the [[Wappen-Sammlung Series 2 Cities and regions|Wappen-Sammlung]] (+/- 1910) | |||
File:0671.aba.jpg|alt=Arms of Liverpool|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | |||
File:32-20.kur.jpg|alt=Arms of Liverpool|The arms in the [[Kurmark Wappenschau]] album | |||
File:liverpool5.jpg|alt=Arms of Liverpool|The arms in the town (2021) | |||
</gallery> | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Information provided by [http://www.liverpool.gov.uk the Liverpool Council]. | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Information provided by [http://www.liverpool.gov.uk the Liverpool Council]. | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities L]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities L]] | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1797]] | [[Category:Granted 1797]] | ||