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Country: [[United Kingdom]]<br>
Country: [[United Kingdom]]<br>
Campus/location : [[Cambridge]]
Campus/location : [[Cambridge]]


[[File:cam-downing.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]]
[[File:cam-downing.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]


====Official blazon====
===Official blazon===
'''Arms :''' Barry of eight argent and vert, a griffin segreant Or within a bordure azure charged with eight roses of the first, barbed and seeded proper. <br>
'''Arms :''' Barry of eight argent and vert, a griffin segreant Or within a bordure azure charged with eight roses of the first, barbed and seeded proper. <br>
'''Motto:''' Quaerere verum.  
'''Motto:''' Quaerere verum.  


====Origin/meaning====
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were officially granted on April 13, 1801.
The arms were officially granted on April 13, 1801.


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Downing College founded in 1800 under the will of Sir George Downing, Bt. The bordure differences the arms of the college from those of the founder.
 
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|align="center"|[[File:cam-downing.woc.jpg|center|300 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a [[Wills's - Arms of Oxford and Cambridge Colleges|tobacco card]], (1922)
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