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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
'''Arms :''' Azure, a torch fired and enfiled with a ducal coronet Or between on the dexter a rose argent, barbed and seeded proper, and on the sinister a fleur-de-lys of the second; on a chief wavy of the third a dove of the first. <br> | '''Arms :''' Azure, a torch fired and enfiled with a ducal coronet Or between on the dexter a rose argent, barbed and seeded proper, and on the sinister a fleur-de-lys of the second; on a chief wavy of the third a dove of the first. <br> | ||
'''Motto:''' Lampada ferens | '''Motto:''' Lampada ferens | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted on November 22, 1927. | The arms were officially granted on November 22, 1927 to the University College Hull. Transferred to the University of Hull in 1954. | ||
The torch is a general symbol of learning an enlightenment, the crown is taken from the arms of [[Hull]]. The rose and the fleur-de-lys represent the counties of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire respectively. The university traditionally attracted students from these 2 counties. | |||
The wavy chief refers to the Hull and Humber rivers. The dove is taken from the arms of Thomas Ferens, the founder of University College Hull in 1928. | |||
The motto means Carry the light and is a reference to Thomas Ferens as well as the torch in the arms. | |||
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