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Coat of arms

University of Birmingham

	Native name	University of Birmingham
	Location	Birmingham , United Kingdom
	Coordinates	52° 27′ 02″ N, 1° 55′ 50″ W
	Established	1900
	Website	birmingham.ac.uk
	Authority file	: Q223429 VIAF: 126086580 ISNI: 0000000419367486 LCCN: n80069075 NLA: 35018843 OSM: 1972822 WorldCat

Blazon

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

Object history

English: The coat of arms of the University of Birmingham

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Shadowssettle

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	16:47, 12 July 2022	2,053 × 2,401 (176 KB)	ET72	Depicted in standard Wikimedia Commons/Sodacan style
	09:42, 16 May 2020	575 × 701 (244 KB)	Shadowssettle	Book shading
	14:56, 13 May 2020	575 × 701 (241 KB)	Shadowssettle	tidy colour edges
	14:45, 13 May 2020	575 × 701 (241 KB)	Shadowssettle	Uploaded own work with UploadWizard