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{ | {{uk}}'''BELFAST (City and County Borough)''' | ||
Additions: 1974 Antrim RDC (partly), Larne RDC, [[Newtownabbey]] UDC (partly) | |||
Additions : 1974 Antrim RDC (partly), Larne RDC, [[Newtownabbey]] UDC (partly) | |||
[[File:belfast.jpg|500 px|center]] | [[File:belfast.jpg|500 px|center]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms''' : Party per esse argent and azure, in chief a pile vair and on a canton gules a bell argent, in base a ship with sails set argent on waves of the sea proper.<br> | '''Arms''' : Party per esse argent and azure, in chief a pile vair and on a canton gules a bell argent, in base a ship with sails set argent on waves of the sea proper.<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : On a wreath of the colours, a sea-horse gorged with a mural crown proper.<br> | '''Crest''' : On a wreath of the colours, a sea-horse gorged with a mural crown proper.<br> | ||
'''Supporters''' : Dexter, a wolf proper, ducally gorged and chained or; sinister, a sea-horse gorged with a mural crown proper.<br> | '''Supporters''' : Dexter, a wolf proper, ducally gorged and chained or; sinister, a sea-horse gorged with a mural crown proper.<br> | ||
'''Motto''' : Pro | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': Pro tanto quid retribuamus | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on June 30, 1890. | |||
The vair-along with the supporting wolf-is taken from the arms of Sir Arthur Chichester, the founder of Belfast as it exists today, who obtained the city's charter from James I in 1613. The ship tells of Belfast's pre-eminence as a seaport, as do the seahorses, and the bell is canting. The motto means "What return shall we make for so much?", and is a paraphrase of a verse from Psalm 116. | |||
The arms were first used on the city's seal, made circa 1640, but were not granted until 1890. | |||
==== | The arms on collector's items: | ||
The arms | <gallery perrow=0> | ||
File:belfast.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME]]|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:belfast.wb1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME]]|The arms on a [[Wills's - Borough arms I|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1906 | |||
File:belfast.haguk.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME]]|The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | |||
File:belfast.mit.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms on a [[Mitchell Town Seals|Mitchell's]] cigarette card, 1911 | |||
File:belfast.fau.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms as used on a [[UK Town arms (Faulkner)|Faulkner postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:0948.aba.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms in the [[Abadie]] albums | |||
</gallery> | |||
The arms in the city: | |||
<gallery perrow=0> | |||
File:belfast1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms as seen in the city. | |||
File:belfast2.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms on a litter box (image by Francois R. Velde) | |||
File:belfast3.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms as seen in the city (image by Francois R. Velde) | |||
File:belfast4.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms as seen in the city (image by Francois R. Velde) | |||
File:belfast5.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}|The arms as seen in the city (image by Francois R. Velde) | |||
</gallery>'''[[Literature]]''': | |||
{{media}} Scott-Giles, C.W. : Civic heraldry of England and Wales, London, 1932 | |||
Briggs, G. : Civic and corporate heraldry. Heraldry Today, Ramsbury, 1971 | |||
Vinycomb, J. : The seals and armorial insignia of corporate and other towns of Ulster, The Ulster Journal of Archaeology vol. 1, 1894, provided by Z. W. Eisler. | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities B]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities B]] | ||
[[Category:Northern Ireland]] | [[File:nireland.jpg|50 px|link=United Kingdom]][[Category:Northern Ireland]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1890]] | [[Category:Granted 1890]] | ||