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Field Visit

Date 4 April 2000

Event ID 613876

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/613876

Coat of arms of the University of Edinburgh: a shield carved with an open book on a saltire, a thistle above, and a castle below. The shield hangs from a carved buckled belt. To the left side is a staff of Aesculapius, to the right is a flaming torch around which, from top to bottom, a scroll is entwined.

Inscriptions : Below coat of arms (raised letters): ZOOLOGY

To left of shield (raised numbers): 19

To right of shield (raised numbers): 28

Signatures : None Visible

Design period : 1927-1928

Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN1454)

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