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Campus/location : [[Brighton and Hove]] | Campus/location : [[Brighton and Hove]] | ||
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====Origin/meaning=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
'''Arms''': Argent, on a chevron per pale azure and gules six martlets Or, between in chief two Saxon- crowns and in base a dolphin naiant sable. <br> | |||
'''Crest:''' On a wreath argent and gules, Two dolphins embowed, heads downwards, enfiled by a Saxon crown Or. <br> | |||
'''Supporters:''' On either side a pelican in her piety proper standing upon a book gules, edged Or, each supporting a staff also proper, that on the dexter flying a banner of the second charged with a lion passant guardant gold dimidiating the hull of an ancient ship argent, and that on the sinister flying a banner of the second charged with a stag's head caboshed silver. <br> | |||
'''Motto:''' Be still and know. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on March 15, 1962. | |||
The six martlets on the gules and azure chevron are taken from the arms of [[East Sussex]] and [[West Sussex]], as are the 'Saxon Crowns' for the Kingdom of the South Saxons. | |||
The Dolphin is taken from the arms of [[Brighton]], as are the entwined dolphins on the crest, within another Saxon Crown . | |||
The Dexter supporting Pelican carries a banner showing the Cinque Ports Lion and Ship symbol for [[Hastings]] in Sussex was the Senior Cinque Port. | |||
The Supporters are standing on Books, representing Knowledge, as does the Motto. | |||
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[[Literature]]: information from Rupert Nichol | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom (Universities)]] | [[Category:United Kingdom (Universities)]] | ||
[[Category:Universities]] | [[Category:Universities]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1962]] | |||