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''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} ''' (now [[Heriot-Watt University]]) | ''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} ''' (now [[Heriot-Watt University]]) | ||
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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Per pale, two coats both demidiated; dexter, barry of six Or and azure, an oak tree eradicated vert; sinister, argent, on a fess azure between an open book undemidiated, binding gules, in chief proper, and a mullet in base of the second, three cinquefoils of the first; and on a compartment below the shield, being of brickwork Or masoned sable, are set for a supporter, and as part of the same, a beam-engine, frame sable, cylinder, flywheel and beam vert, the cylinder and wheel garnished gules, the piston rod and the garnishing of the beam argent, guiding rods gules garnished argent. And as a motto Arte et Animo. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
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The right half (the left side, to the viewer) is made up of six bars alternating in gold and blue, derived from the coat-of-arms matriculated in England by James Watt’s son, with superimposed on this a green tree, which is | The right half (the left side, to the viewer) is made up of six bars alternating in gold and blue, derived from the coat-of-arms matriculated in England by James Watt’s son, with superimposed on this a green tree, which is | ||
included in the heraldic design for the | included in the heraldic design for the arms of Watt and Watson in Scotland. | ||
The left half is derived from half of the Heriot coat-of-arms, as used by Heriot’s School. In this section, the design includes a central blue bar with one and one-half cinquefoils in silver. Above and below this are silver bars; | The left half is derived from half of the Heriot coat-of-arms, as used by Heriot’s School. In this section, the design includes a central blue bar with one and one-half cinquefoils in silver. Above and below this are silver bars; | ||
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The motto is Arte et Animo. | The motto is Arte et Animo. | ||
The shield was later granted to the [[Heriot-Watt | The shield was later granted to the [[Heriot-Watt University]]. | ||
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