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===Official blazon===
===Official blazon===
'''Arms''' : Argent, on a cross formy-quad­rate throughout quarterly gules and azure a closed book, bound and clasped, Or, jewelled proper, between in chief within an annulet Or a representation of the top plan of a rose-cut diamond proper, in fesse two lozenges argent each charged with a fillet cross sable and in base an annulet Or gemmed argent. <br>
'''Crest''': On a wreath argent, gules and azure, A demi lynx proper holding be­ tween the paws an escarbuncle of eight rays gules each floretty and pommety of a jewel respec­tively from the base of pearl, ruby, jacinth, topaz, emerald, turquoise, sapphire and amethyst. <br>
'''Motto''': Omnemque pretiosum lapidem.


===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The arms were officially granted on February 20, 1967.
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[[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Granted 1967]]
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