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Recreation of the Coat of arms of the University of Birmingham

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Coat of arms
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institution QS:P195,Q223429
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English: Per chevron the chief per pale Gules and Azure in dexter a lion rampant with two heads in sinister a mermaid holding in the dexter hand a mirror and in the sinister a comb Or the base Sable charged with an open book Proper with two buckles and straps and edges of the third inscribed "PER ARDUA AD ALTA".
Date 11 May 2020
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English: The coat of arms of the University of Birmingham
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Shadowssettle
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This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this file:
 SVG coat of arms elements - books.svg (by Eugenio Hansen, OFS).
 
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 Héraldique meuble Sirène miroir 1.svg (by F5JMH).
 
This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this file:
 Heraldic Lion 02.svg (by David Liuzzo).
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current16:47, 12 July 2022Thumbnail for version as of 16:47, 12 July 20222,053 × 2,401 (176 KB)ET72 (talk | contribs)Depicted in standard Wikimedia Commons/Sodacan style
09:42, 16 May 2020Thumbnail for version as of 09:42, 16 May 2020575 × 701 (244 KB)Shadowssettle (talk | contribs)Book shading
14:56, 13 May 2020Thumbnail for version as of 14:56, 13 May 2020575 × 701 (241 KB)Shadowssettle (talk | contribs)tidy colour edges
14:45, 13 May 2020Thumbnail for version as of 14:45, 13 May 2020575 × 701 (241 KB)Shadowssettle (talk | contribs)Uploaded own work with UploadWizard

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