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==Burgh== | ==Burgh== | ||
Incorporated into : 1975 [[Moray]] District Council (1996 [[Moray]] Area Council) | Incorporated into: 1975 [[Moray]] District Council (1996 [[Moray]] Area Council) | ||
[[File:Elgin.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:Elgin.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Argent, Sanctus Aegidius habi ted in his robes and mitred, holding in his dexter hand a pastoral staff and in his left hand a clasped book all Proper. | Argent, Sanctus Aegidius habi ted in his robes and mitred, holding in his dexter hand a pastoral staff and in his left hand a clasped book all Proper. | ||
Supported by two angels Proper winged Or volant upwards, and the Motto "Sic Itur Ad Astra" upon a Compartment suitable to a Burgh Royal and for their Colours Red and White. | Supported by two angels Proper winged Or volant upwards, and the Motto "Sic Itur Ad Astra" upon a Compartment suitable to a Burgh Royal and for their Colours Red and White. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on October 9, 1678 and confirmed on November 28, 1888. | The arms were granted on October 9, 1678 and confirmed on November 28, 1888. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:Elgin.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |align="center"|[[File:Elgin.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:Elgin.haguk.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- | |align="center"|[[File:Elgin.haguk.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935 | ||
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[[File:Elginc.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:Elginc.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Argent, Sanctus Aegidius habited in his robes and mitred, holding in his dexter hand a pastoral staff and in his left hand a clasped book all Proper. | Argent, Sanctus Aegidius habited in his robes and mitred, holding in his dexter hand a pastoral staff and in his left hand a clasped book all Proper. | ||
Above the Shield is placed a Coronet appropriate to a statutory Community Council, videlicet:- a circlet richly chased from which are issuant four thistle leaves (one and two halves visible) and four pine cones (two visible) Or, and in an Escrol below the same this Motto "Sic Itur Ad Astra". | Above the Shield is placed a Coronet appropriate to a statutory Community Council, videlicet:- a circlet richly chased from which are issuant four thistle leaves (one and two halves visible) and four pine cones (two visible) Or, and in an Escrol below the same this Motto "Sic Itur Ad Astra". | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on July 15, 1996. | The arms were granted on July 15, 1996. | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974, 2001 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974, 2001 | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities E]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities E]] | ||