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[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.png|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | |||
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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
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'''Arms''' : quarters a lion couchant guardant proper crowned or and in the second and third quarters a rhinoceros statant proper a cross quadrate gules thereon a pomegranate slipped and leaved gold.<br> | '''Arms''' : quarters a lion couchant guardant proper crowned or and in the second and third quarters a rhinoceros statant proper a cross quadrate gules thereon a pomegranate slipped and leaved gold.<br> | ||
'''Crest''': upon a helm with a wreath argent and gules statant upon a closed book a crane wings elevated proper holding in its beak a shacklebolt gold. Mantled gules doubled argent. <br> | '''Crest''': upon a helm with a wreath argent and gules statant upon a closed book a crane wings elevated proper holding in its beak a shacklebolt gold. Mantled gules doubled argent. <br> | ||
'''Supporters''': dexter a female figure in Roman dress looking to the sinister holding in her exterior hand a staff proper entwined by a serpent vert and sinister a male figure representing Dr. John Coakley Lettsom holding in his exterior hand a palm branch all proper. <br> | '''Supporters''': dexter a female figure in Roman dress looking to the sinister holding in her exterior hand a staff proper entwined by a serpent vert and sinister a male figure representing Dr. John Coakley Lettsom holding in his exterior hand a palm branch all proper. <br> | ||
'''Motto''' : Saluti Augustae | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': Saluti Augustae | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
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Of the supporters, Dr. Lettsom founded the Society and his birth in Tortola is indicated by the palm branch. The female figure represents Isis of Sais and is taken from the Society's original emblem but apart from the medical symbolism in the badge, her connection with the Society is not known. The motto can be flippantly translated as Astonishing good health but 'To health as consecrated' might be more appropriate. | Of the supporters, Dr. Lettsom founded the Society and his birth in Tortola is indicated by the palm branch. The female figure represents Isis of Sais and is taken from the Society's original emblem but apart from the medical symbolism in the badge, her connection with the Society is not known. The motto can be flippantly translated as Astonishing good health but 'To health as consecrated' might be more appropriate. | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1993]] | [[Category:Granted 1993]] | ||