User:Kwekubo/Sandbox/Coat of arms of the University of Dublin



The arms of the University of Dublin in Dublin, Ireland, are blazoned: ''Quarterly azure and ermine. First quarter a book open proper, bound gules, clasped or, and in fourth quarter a castle of two towers argent, flamant proper. Overall in the centre point the harp of Ireland ensigned with the royal crown.'' Or in layman's terms:

On a red background, a cross of ermine fur between four gold lions walking but with one fore-leg raised, and facing the observer. These lions must always face the left-hand edge of the page or item on which the arms are displayed (which means they are facing right, heraldically speaking). On the centre of the cross is a closed book with its spine horizontal and with clasps and decoration, the clasps pointing downward. The arms were granted at the 1576 visitation of the County of Cambridge undertaken by Robert Cooke, a graduate of St John's College and the then Clarenceaux King of Arms. The motto is not a fixed or necessary component of the arms, but the motto generally used by the University is Hinc lucem et pocula sacra, Latin for "From here, light and sacred draughts" or less literally "From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge".