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[[File:Leith.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:Leith.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Argent, in the sea Proper, an ancient galley with two masts sails furled Sable, flagged Gules, seated therein the Virgin Mary with the infant Saviour in her arms and a cloud resting over their heads all also Proper. | Argent, in the sea Proper, an ancient galley with two masts sails furled Sable, flagged Gules, seated therein the Virgin Mary with the infant Saviour in her arms and a cloud resting over their heads all also Proper. | ||
In an Escrol below the Shield is placed this Motto "Persevere". | In an Escrol below the Shield is placed this Motto "Persevere". | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on February 27, 1889. | The arms were granted on February 27, 1889. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File: | |align="center"|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}z1.jpg|center|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The 1563 seal (Ewe, 1972) | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:Leith2.jpg|center|350 px]] <br/>The arms in the town | |align="center"|[[File:Leith.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:Leith.haguk.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935 | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:Leith2.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the town | |||
|align="center"|[[File:Leith3.jpg|center|350 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a monument in Edinburgh Old Town | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974 | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities L]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities L]] | ||
[[Category:Scotland]] | [[Category:Scotland]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1889]] | [[Category:Granted 1889]] | ||